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14 And kai this houtos is eimi the ho confidence parrēsia we have echō as we approach pros him autos: that hoti if ean we ask aiteō anything tis according to kata · ho his autos will thelēma, he hears akouō us hēmeis. 15 And kai if ean we know oida that hoti he hears akouō us hēmeis regarding whatever hos we ask aiteō, we know oida that hoti we have echō the ho requests aitēma that hos we have asked aiteō of apo him autos. 16 If ean someone tis sees · ho his autos brother adelphos committing hamartanō a sin hamartia that does not lead to pros death thanatos, he should ask aiteō and kai God will give didōmi him autos life zōē to those ho whose sins hamartanō do not lead to pros death thanatos. There is eimi sin hamartia that leads to pros death thanatos; I do legō not ou say legō that hina he should pray erōtaō about peri that ekeinos. 17 All pas wrongdoing adikia is eimi sin hamartia, but kai there is eimi sin hamartia that does not ou lead to pros death thanatos.

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14 And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him. 16 If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask, and God[a] will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin which is mortal; I do not say that one is to pray for that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal.

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  1. 1 John 5:16 Greek he