1 John 5:17-19

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¹⁷Every wrong is a sin, of course. I’m not talking about these ordinary sins; I am speaking of that one that ends in death.^[a]

¹⁸No one who has become part of God’s family makes a practice of sinning, for Christ, God’s Son, holds him securely, and the devil cannot get his hands on him. ¹⁹We know that we are children of God and that all the rest of the world around us is under Satan’s power and control.

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Footnotes

1 John 5:17 that one that ends in death. Commentators differ widely in their thoughts about what sin this is and whether it causes physical death or spiritual death. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit results in spiritual death (Mark 3:29), but can a Christian ever sin in such a way? Impenitence at the Communion Table sometimes ends in physical death (1 Corinthians 11:30). And Hebrews 6:4-8 speaks of the terrible end of those who fall away.