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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.
Ezekiel 18:22 · King James 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.
  • 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 turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
  • Ezek 33:16None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
  • Isa 43:25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
  • Ps 18:20–24The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
  • Ezek 18:24But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
  • Rom 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
  • Heb 8:12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
  • Ps 103:12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
  • Jer 50:20In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
  • Heb 10:3–4But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
  • Jer 31:34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
  • Ps 32:1–2Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
  • Ps 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
  • Ps 51:1Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
  • 1 Kgs 17:18And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
  • Jas 2:21–26Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
  • Ps 19:11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
  • Rom 2:6–7Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
  • 2 Chr 6:23Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
  • Gal 6:7–8Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
  • 1 Jn 3:7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
  • 2 Pet 1:5–11And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue 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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