Pls help! Meaning of 1st John 5:16

[kcon]

I just read this verse and it scared me. Can anyone help me with its meaning? I apologize in advance if this is the wrong forum.

Here is the verse written from the Amplified Bible:

If anyone sees his brother [believer] committing a sin that does not [lead to] death (the extinguishing of life), he will pray and [God] will give him life [yes, He will grant life to all those whose sin is not one leading to death]. There is a sin [that leads] to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.

 

[madison1101]

There is one unforgivable sin, the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. All other sins will not lead to spiritual death if one is born again, and has accepted Christ as their Savior.

I hope this makes sense.

 

[Elijah2]

Yep, this verse can cause more arguments than, who is filled and aren't filled with the Holy Spirit.

What sin leads to death? Is it physical or spiritual?

In 1 Cor. 11:27-30, Christians died because they conducted Holy Communion "in an unworth manner".

In Acts 5:1-11, Ananias and Sapphira were struck down when the lied to God.

In Mark3:29, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit results in spiritual death.

In Hebrews 6:4-6 it describes the spiritual death of a person who turns against our Lord Jesus Christ.

I suppose this verse is talking about those Christians who have backslid out of the door of the church and become followers of anti-Christ.

Many who put themselves out of reach of prayer by rejection the Gift of Salvation.

The who thing points to the lack of certainity, we just don't really know, do we?

 

[KarrieTex]

When I read it in context, I see it as James speaking about the one unforgivable sin, blaspheming of the Holy Spirit.

However, I would say pray about it. Every verse is filled with so many different meanings especially if the Holy Spirit is teaching you on something specific.

 

[heron]

There were a few threads on this recently -- this is one of the shorter one.

1 John 5:16

Some of the other discussions were about justice and intent -- like praying for a mass murderer to be freed when they haven't shown repentance.

 

[Alphadux]

It's blasphemy of the Holy Ghost. There's been some debate on what it is, but it's probably rejecting the Holy Spirit in such a way that you die without repentance.

 

[heron]

Here's a link to the original Greek if you want to look up certain word definitions.

Greek

I think the other angle of it is interesting -- what type of authority/voice we might exercise in praying for someone's forgiveness. The part about sin is in the context of what we pray for... I don't think it was intended to strike fear in us. In fact, the verse about the unforgiveable sin was first referring to demons who have eternal sinfulness, and comparing it to how all our sins are forgiven.

"Truly[SIZE=-1][/SIZE] I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter."
Mr 3:29 - [ In Context Greek

 

[rogsr]

There is one unforgivable sin, the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. All other sins will not lead to spiritual death if one is born again, and has accepted Christ as their Savior.

I hope this makes sense.

I agree, to deny or hate God, in spite of having a strong faith in his existence and love, is the onle unforgivable sin. This would be quite difficult though, since to deny a first cause in creation is as absurd as denying a love for Life who gave you life.