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Ezekiel 18:22

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22 None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live.
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Ezekiel 18:22 in Other Translations

KJV
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
ESV
22 None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live.
NLT
22 All their past sins will be forgotten, and they will live because of the righteous things they have done.
MSG
22 I won't keep a list of all the things he did wrong. He will live.
CSB
22 None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. He will live because of the righteousness he has practiced.

Ezekiel 18:22 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 18:22

All his transgressions that he hath committed
Before his repentance, conversion, and obedience: they shall not be mentioned unto him;
they shall not be charged upon his conscience, or brought against him in providence; he shall not be upbraided with them, or punished for them; but they shall be forgiven him, at least in such sense as to prevent temporal calamity and ruin: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live;
he shall live "in" it, though not "for" it; this will be the fruit and consequence of his obedience and righteousness, that he shall live and not die, in the sense that has been already given, according to the tenor of the law, ( Leviticus 18:5 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 18:22 In-Context

20 The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.
21 “But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.
22 None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live.
23 Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?
24 “But if a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Psalms 18:20-24; S Isaiah 43:25; Daniel 4:27; Micah 7:19
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