1 John 5:16 (WEB)
If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.
Fathers and councils · 16
Jerome
“Hear what the Apostle John says:“He who knows that his brother sinneth a sin not unto death, let him ask, and he shall give him life, even to him that sinneth not unto death.” — editor's note: 1 John v. 16.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Otherwise; The Apostle John says, “There is a sin unto death; I do not say that he shall pray for it.” [1 John 5:16] This sin of the brother unto death I judge to be, when any one having come to the knowledge of God, through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,…” — the author cites it
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“This has more weight as a difficulty that John say, “There is a sin unto death, I say not that he shall pray for it;” [1 John 5:16] plainly shewing, that there are some brethren for whom he does not bid us pray; for what went before was, “If any know his brother sin a sin, &c.”” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“There is a sin unto death: not concerning it do I say, let him ask.”” — editor's note: 1 John v. 16.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X IX.34Conference IX
“For it is well for us to consider this saying of the blessed Evangelist John, by which the ambiguity of this question is clearly solved: “This is,” he says, “the confidence which we have in Him, that whatsoever we ask according to His will, He heareth us.”” — editor's note: 1 John v. 16.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XI.9Conference XI
“There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he should ask for it.”” — editor's note: Ib. ver. 16.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.8Conference XX
“And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.”” — editor's note: 1 John v. 16; S. James v. 14, 15.
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Sozomen
“…and that he considered such persons unworthy of communion who, after baptism, had fallen into those sins which the Scriptures declare to be unto death; for that the remission of those sins, he thought, depended on the authority of God only, and not on the priests.” — editor's note: 1 John v. 16.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Therefore I tell you, brethren, many Christians sin venially, many are scourged and so corrected for their sin, chastened, and cured; many turn away altogether, striving with a stiff neck against the discipline of the…” — editor's note: Tolerabiliter. [1 John v. 16, 17.—C]
Read the whole comment“1 Joann. v. 16.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.”” — editor's note: 1 John v. 16.
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Tertullian
“…be given to him;” because he is not “sinning unto death,” this will be remissible. “(There) is a sin unto death; not for this do I say that any is to request”—this will be irremissible.” — editor's note: 1 John v. 16, not quite verbatim.
Read the whole comment“For there is a sin unto death: not concerning that do I say that one should make request.”” — editor's note: 1 John v. 16. But Tertullian has rendered αἰτεῖν and ἐρωτᾶν by the one word postulare. See Trench, N. T. Synonyms, pp. 169–173. ed. 4, 1858.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“This one propounded the opinion, that, if a bishop was guilty of any sin, if even a sin unto death, he ought not to be deposed.” — editor's note: 1 John v. 16.
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Clement of Alexandria
“All unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin not unto death.”” — editor's note: 1 John v. 16, 17.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Of this same thing in the first book of Kings: “If a man sin by offending against a man, they shall pray the Lord for him; but if a man sin against God, who shall pray for him?”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ii. 25. [i.e., he regards this text as expounded by the preceding words of Christ. Compare 1 John v. 16.]
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Cross-references · 20
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.10.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.10.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.10.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.10.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:43–48 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies IX.7.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:43–48 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.9.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:43–48 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:43–48 (5) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:43–48 (5) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:43–48 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:31–32 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:31–32 (3) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.29.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies IX.7.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.10.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:43–48 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:43–48 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.9.