¹⁶ If anyone sees a brother or sister [^Cfellow believer] sinning (sin that does not lead to ·eternal death [^Ldeath]), that person should ·pray [ask; intercede], and God will give the sinner life. I am talking about people whose sin does not lead to ·eternal death [^Ldeath]. There is ·sin [or a sin] that leads to [eternal] death [^Cprobably referring to the false teachers, their rejection of the Spirit’s work having put them beyond repentance; compare Mark 3:29]. I do not mean that a person should ·pray [ask; intercede] about that sin. ¹⁷ ·Doing wrong is always sin [^LAll unrighteousness is sin], but there is sin that does not lead to ·eternal death [^Ldeath].

¹⁸ We know that those who ·are God’s children [^Lare born of/begotten by God] do not ·continue to sin [^Lsin; 3:6, 9]. The ·Son of God [^Lthe one born of/begotten by God; ^CJesus] ·keeps them safe [protects them], and the Evil One [^Cthe Devil] cannot ·touch [harm] them.