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None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live.
Ezekiel 18:22 · English Standard Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB None of his transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has done, he shall live.
  • KJV All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
  • BSB None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.
  • NKJV None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; because of the righteousness which he has done, he shall live.
  • NASB All his offenses which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live.
  • NLT All their past sins will be forgotten, and they will live because of the righteous things they have done.

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Quick answer

None of the repentant person's past transgressions will be remembered against him; he will live by his righteousness. God fully forgives those who turn to Him.

Overview

God declares that the sins of the truly repentant are not held against them. This gracious forgetting anticipates the new-covenant promise to remember sins no more (Jeremiah 31:34; Hebrews 8:12). It foreshadows the complete pardon found in Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • Mic 7:19He 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.
  • Ezek 33:16None of his sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him: he has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
  • Isa 43:25I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
  • Ps 18:20–24Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
  • Ezek 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, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered. In his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.
  • Rom 8:1There 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.
  • Heb 8:12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”
  • Ps 103:12As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
  • Jer 50:20In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the iniquity of Israel shall 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.
  • Heb 10:3–4But in those sacrifices there is a yearly reminder of sins.
  • Jer 31:34and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh: “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.”
  • Ps 32:1–2By David. A contemplative psalm. Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
  • Ps 25:7Don’t remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness’ sake, Yahweh.
  • Ps 51:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
  • 1 Kgs 17:18She 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!”
  • Jas 2:21–26Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
  • Ps 19:11Moreover by them is your servant warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
  • Rom 2:6–7who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”
  • 2 Chr 6:23then 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.
  • Gal 6:7–8Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
  • 1 Jn 3:7Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
  • 2 Pet 1:5–11Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

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Christ at the center

The promise of one Shepherd-King David, a new heart and new Spirit, and the river of life flowing from the temple all stream toward Christ, the good Shepherd who gives the Spirit.

How Ezekiel 18:22 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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