None of his transgressions that he has committed will be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has done, he shall live.
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None of his transgressions that he has committed will be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has done, he shall live.
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All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
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None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him; for his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 18:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Micah 7:19 He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
- Isaiah 43:25 I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
- Ezekiel 33:16 None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has done that which is lawful and right. He will surely live.
- Psalms 18:20-24 Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me. I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
- Ezekiel 18:24 “But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done will be remembered. In his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.
- Psalms 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
- Jeremiah 50:20 In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none; also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
- Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
- Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”
- 1 Kings 17:18 She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!”
- 2 Chronicles 6:23 then hear from heaven, act, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
- Psalms 19:11 Moreover your servant is warned by them. In keeping them there is great reward.
- Psalms 25:7 Don’t remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness’ sake, Yahweh.
- Psalms 32:1-2 Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
- Psalms 51:1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
- Jeremiah 31:34 They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh: “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
- Romans 2:6-7 who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:” to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
- Galatians 6:7-8 Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- Hebrews 10:3-4 But in those sacrifices there is a yearly reminder of sins. For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
- James 2:21-26 Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected. So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God. You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith. In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers and sent them out another way? For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
- 1 John 3:7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
- 2 Peter 1:5-11 Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness; and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love. For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble. For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, not laid to his charge.
Or, not laid to his charge.
That is, in the fruits of his faith which declare that God doth accept him.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed,…
Eze 18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
Ver. 22. All his transgressions.] So true is that of an ancient, Quem poenitet peccasse, poene est innocens - Penitence is nearly as good as innocence.
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In his righteousness.] Or, For his righteousness, tanquam ob causum sine qua non, et ob promissionem Dei, {a} not of merit, but mercy and free grace.
{a} Piscator.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain All; not one of all, so the Hebraism is;…
All; not one of all, so the Hebraism is; every one shall be forgiven.
His transgressions; personal, actual sins, in which he was not accessary, but principal; though great sins.
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That he hath committed; formerly did commit, but now repenteth for.
They shall not be mentioned unto him; not remembered, i.e. imputed to or punished on him. They shall be as forgotten. So when God promiseth to pardon, he promiseth that he will not remember our sins.
In his righteousness that he hath done he shall live; this penitent, whose last works are righteousness, proper fruits of repentance, shall live, be rewarded and blessed for his righteousness, yet without merit: life should be the fruit of his repentance and righteousness.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked…
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God,.... Perish by sword, famine, or pestilence, or go into captivity; this, though the Lord's will and work, yet is his strange work; mercy is his delight. This is to be understood not absolutely; for the Lord does take pleasure in these things, as they fulfil his word, secure the honour of his truth and holiness, and glorify his justice, and especially when they are the means of reclaiming men from the evil of their ways; but comparatively, as follows:
and not that he should return from his ways, and live? that is, it is more pleasing to God that a man should repent of his sins, and forsake his vicious course of life, and enjoy good things, than to go on in his sins, and bring ruin on himself, here and hereafter.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Not mentioned - Not to him.
Not mentioned - Not to him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 22. All his transgressions] Shall be so completely…
Verse 22. All his transgressions] Shall be so completely forgiven by God's mercy, that they shall not be even mentioned to him; and if he live and die in this recovered state, he shall live with God to all eternity. And why? Hear the reason:-
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain in his righteousness . . . he shah live--in…
in his righteousness . . . he shah live--in it, not for it, as if that atoned for his former sins; but "in his righteousness" he shall live, as the evidence of his being already in favor with God through the merit of Messiah, who was to come. The Gospel clears up for us many such passages (Pe1 1:12), which were dimly understood at the time, while men, however, had light enough for salvation.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 22. Shall not be mentioned unto him — Rather,…
22. Shall not be mentioned unto him — Rather, remembered of him.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 22. mentioned unto him] Or, remembered in regard to…
22. mentioned unto him] Or, remembered in regard to him.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (22) Shall not be mentioned unto him.—A strong way…
(22) Shall not be mentioned unto him.—A strong way of expressing the completeness of the Divine forgiveness. Here, again, at first sight, there seems to be an inconsistency between the Divine promise and the actual facts of the world. The penitent and forgiven sinner is continually seen to suffer through life from the consequences of his sin, as David’s whole reign was overclouded with trouble and sorrow after his great sin in the matter of Bathsheba and Uriah. But here also it is the natural law continuing to work in subservience to a higher moral law. The natural consequences of any acts are not changed, or are only partially modified, by the subsequent moral state of him who has done them; but that moral state determines whether those consequences, however painful they may be in themselves, shall or shall not be really for his own highest gain. The absoluteness of the Divine forgiveness is seen by us, under the Christian dispensation, to be a necessary result of the ground on which it rests—the atonement of Christ. If the believer is truly united to Him by faith, he is a new creature (2Co_5:17), and is looked upon no longer as a sinful son of Adam, but, as he is in reality, a member of the beloved and only-begotten Son of God. Hence his forgiveness must be complete, for his sins are atoned for, covered up, hidden from God’s sight.
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