Ezekiel 18:20 (WEB)
The soul who sins, he shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.
Fathers and councils · 12
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VIII.40Book VIII
“And, “The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 20.
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“Finally, see if you can easily find a place in holy Scripture where the soul is properly mentioned in terms of praise: it frequently occurs, on the contrary, accompanied with expressions of censure, as in the passage, “An evil soul ruins him who possesses it;” and, “The soul which sinneth, it shall die.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4, cf. 20.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“For the death of the body consists in the extinction of the means of sensible perception, and in the dissolution of the body into its kindred elements: but “the soul that sinneth,” he saith, “it shall die.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 20.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Ezekiel xviii. 20–23” — the author cites it
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Justin Martyr
“‘But neither shall the father perish for the son, nor the son for the father; but every one for his own sin, and each shall be saved for his own righteousness.’” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 20.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…for another, since the Lord forewarns us, saying, “The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 20.
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Ambrose of Milan
“In truth, even the soul may die: “The soul that sinneth, it shall die,” and an angel is not absolutely immortal, his immortality depending on the will of the Creator.” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 20.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For upon him they are not visited, who hath been changed in Christ, and hath ceased to be the child of the wicked, by not having imitated their conduct. …And to these words, “I will visit the sins of the fathers upon the children,” is added, “who hate Me;” that is, hate Me as their fathers hated Me: so that as…” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4, 20.
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Basil the Great
“How can you fail to bear in mind that the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son, nor the son bear the iniquity of the father, but each shall die in his own sin?” — editor's note: cf. Ezek. xviii. 20.
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Jerome
“Are we not told that the unrighteousness of the father does not fall upon the son, and that “the soul that sinneth it shall die?”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 20.
Read the whole comment““The soul that sinneth it shall die.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 20.
Read the whole comment“Why then, you will say, do we read:—“the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son,” but “the soul that sinneth it shall die”?” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 20.
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together with
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.40.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.40.
Cited together in Letters Letter 223.
Cited together in Letters Letter 223.
Cited together in Letters Letter 223.
Cited together in Letters Letter 223.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Letters Letter 223.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.40.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Parallel passages
Exodus 28:38 and Ezekiel 18:20 share the same wording (10 words).
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