15. Whatsoever we ask. The whole phrase is governed by the verb Acar. If we know that He heareth our every petition.
16. If any man see (édv Tus ty). A supposed case. His brother. Christian brother.
Sin asin (duaprdvovta dpapriav). Lit. as Reyv., sinning a sin. There is no exact parallel to the phrase in the New Test- ament. Compare the promise which He promised, ii. 25.
Not unto death (47 mpés Jdvarov). Describing the nature of the sin. The preposition unto, signifies tendency toward, not necessarily involving death. See on ver. 17.
He shall ask (airjoe). In prayer. The future tense ex- presses not merely permission (it shall be permitted him to ask), but the certainty that, as a Christian brother, he will ask. An injunction to that effect is implied.
He shall give. He may refer either to God or to the petitioner, as being the means of bestowing life through his intercession, as in Jas. v.20. The former explanation is the more natural. So Rey.
Him (aire). The brother for whom intercession is made.
For them that sin (rois dwaprdvovew). In apposition with aité to him. God shall give life unto hem (the erring brother), even unto them that sin. The plural generalizes the particular ease described by dwaprdvovta dpwaptiav sinning a sin.
There is a sin (ort duapria). Rev., margin, better, sin. A sin would express a specific act as such. Sin describes the character of a class of acts.
Unto death. The difficulty of the passage lies in the explan- ation of these words. It is impossible to determine their exact