Ezekiel 33:15 (WEB)
if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity, he will surely live. He will not die.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVII.25Conference XVII
“…“If I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: and he becomes penitent for his sin, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall surely live, he shall not die;” we are similarly taught that we ought not obstinately to stick to our determination, but that we should with gentle pity soften down the threats which…” — editor's note: Ezek. xxxiii. 14, 15.
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Justin Martyr
“For the goodness and the loving-kindness of God, and His boundless riches, hold righteous and sinless the man who, as Ezekiel tells, repents of sins; and reckons sinful, unrighteous, and impious the man who fails away from piety and righteousness to unrighteousness and ungodliness.” — editor's note: Ezek. xxxiii. 11–20.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 47.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 47.