“Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Ezekiel 18 contains 32 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.