Ezekiel 18:4 (WEB)
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul who sins, he shall die.
Fathers and councils · 14
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VIII.40Book VIII
“…this language is not to be taken literally; for he reproves those who say, “Our fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge,” and then he adds, “As I live, saith the Lord, every one shall die for his own sin.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 2–4.
Read the whole comment - Origen, De Principiis II.8Book II
“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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Jerome
“And the meaning is this: if there were such and such men in a sinful land, they shall not be able to save their own sons and daughters: because the righteousness of the father shall not save the son, nor shall the sin of one be imputed to another.“For the soul that sinneth, it shall die.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4.
Read the whole comment“…and not see death?”—death, which threatens all mortal men, not through the decay of nature, but through the death of sin, according to the prophet’s words, “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4.
Read the whole comment“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. 4.
Read the whole comment“It is said “the soul that sinneth, it shall die.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4
Read the whole comment““The soul that sinneth it shall die.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For “the soul that sinneth, it shall die.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4
Read the whole comment“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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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Orth.—Hear the Lord God speaking through the prophet Ezekiel “The soul that sinneth it shall die.”” — editor's note: Ez. xviii. 4 and 20
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Tertullian
“…wives so be as if they have not,” because “the time is compressed;” and “the sour grape” chewed by “the fathers” has ceased “to set the sons’ teeth on edge,” for, “each one shall die in his own sin;” and “eunuchs” not only have lost ignominy, but have even deserved grace, being invited into “the kingdoms of the…” — editor's note: See Jer. xxxi. 29, 30 (in LXX. xxxviii. 29, 30); Ezek. xviii. 1–4.
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Ambrose of Milan
“In that death not only the flesh but also the soul dies, for “the soul that sinneth, it shall die.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4.
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Clement of Alexandria
“He shall surely live, saith the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4–9.
Read the whole comment“…and his neighbour; will walk in my ordinances, and keep my commandments, so as to do the truth; he is righteous, he shall surely live, saith Adonai the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4–9.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 20.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.40.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.40.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.40.