Where the Fathers quote Ezekiel 18
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Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:381expounds v.21“και ο ανομος εαν αποστρεψῃ εκ πασων των ανομιων αυτου, ων εποιησε, και φυλαξηται πασας τας εντολας μου και ποιησῃ δικαιοσυνην και ελεος, ζωη ζησεται κ”Catechesis for the illuminated on repentance and forgiveness: «The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him»
1Ezek 18:1
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:1115B…0, 16): "He was grieved upon their miseries." Various oaths (Gen. 22, 16): "By my own self have I sworn, etc."; and Isa. 45; Ps. 95, 11: "I swore in my wrath"; Ezech. 18, 1: "As I live, saith the Lord, etc." Jer.…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…spoken and have done it h chapter xviii h the word of the lord came unto me again saying what mean ye that ye use this proverb d concerning the land of israel saying the fathers…
2Ezek 18:2
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:621…do you say this parable to them in the land of israel the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge as i live says adonai the lord if this proverb…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1575…he reproves those who say the fathers have eaten a sour grape and the children's teeth are set on edge to which it is added as i live says the lord everyone shall die for his…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1269…and sins as well as concerning the proverb which they used that the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the teeth of the children have been set on edge he discusses also oola and oliba and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:381…in christ he predicts the ascent of nebuchadnezzar concerning those who say the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge concerning the mother of the kings surrounding zedekiah he protests…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:305…live saith the lord shall this parable be used which is said the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge and moses also says the father shall not die for…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:419…children s children wherefore they kept saying this in their parlance d the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth have been set on edge for this reason god says to the prophet ezekiel…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:941…as most unjust saying even in the manner of a parable our fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge b but these others laboring under an ignorance of mind akin…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:949…jews themselves who were murmuring regarding this very point and saying our fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth have been set on edge and it came to pass he says the word of…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:155…the faults of his ancestors a refutation of the old jewish proverb the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge on the innocence of susanna vindicated from the calumnies of…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1095…xliv to daniel the presbyter h what is the meaning of the saying the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children s teeth are set on edge you ought to know my good sir that…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1743…very clear and divine arguments iv the saying of the wicked jews the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge iv besieged by the romans the jews devoured their own…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1759…whom they should protect iv the fathers have eaten a sour grape and the children's teeth are set on edge iv to suffer for god is a great glory iv to suffer for christ is like…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:267…through the prophet ezekiel he says what is this proverb among you saying the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge as i live says the lord this proverb shall…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:767…thou hast said he says the fathers have eaten a sour grape and the children's teeth are set on edge look therefore upon those who are free from the sins that our fathers committed but remember…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:609…of man what is this proverb that you have among the children of israel saying the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge as i live saith the lord this…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:937…again as if no mention of this had been made here our fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children s teeth are set on edge wherefore he explained it again through ezekiel who said the…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3539…no longer be spoken a the fathers have eaten a sour grape and the children's teeth are set on edge and henceforth no one shall give an account to god for another but each for himself…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:375…and every age has been utterly consumed for the fathers scripture says have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth have been set on edge and again i says the lord shall recompense the sins of…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1565D…ildren's teeth have been set on edge; but everyone shall die in his own iniquity. Every man who has eaten the sour grape, his own teeth shall be set on edge." Ezech. XVIII, 2, 20. — "The fathers have eaten sour gra…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1087…sin and through ezekiel what is this parable among you of those saying the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the sons' teeth are set on edge as i live saith the lord god this parable…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:271…israel says the lord god and why do you say this proverb the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the teeth of the children are set on edge as i live says the lord god if…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:41…through ezekiel saying this proverb shall no longer be used which says the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge he also establishes the law through moses the father shall…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1307…again through ezekiel he says what is this proverb among you in the land of israel saying the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge as i live saith the…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…xviii h the word of the lord came unto me again saying what mean ye that ye use this proverb d concerning the land of israel saying the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:1007…which says that this proverb shall no longer be used in israel the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge for thus says the lord adonai their teeth which have…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:575…through ezekiel he says what is this proverb among you saying 'the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth have been set on edge' as i live saith the lord if this proverb shall…
3Ezek 18:3
OrigenesPG 16:2713…sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge as i live saith the lord god ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in israel behold all souls are mine as…
4Ezek 18:4
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:621…this proverb shall any longer be said among you in israel because all souls are mine as the soul of the father so also the soul of the son is mine the soul that sinneth it…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:223A…wever, it occurs in a culpable sense, as where it is said: "An evil soul destroys him who possesses it" (Eccli. vi. 4), and "The soul that sins, it shall die" (Ezech. xviii. 4). For after it was said, "All souls are…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1117…enemy of him who said i am the life according to which the soul that sinneth it shall die but that it was by no means god who delivered him into the hands of men the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:977…dead here according to the sin of the soul since he says the soul that sinneth it shall die for just as in the death of the body the senses perish so that one no longer…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1011…says death that death without doubt about which the prophet also says the soul that sinneth it shall die of which death one might rightly call this bodily death a shadow for wherever that one proceeds…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1263…corruption c and be swallowed up by death according to the saying the soul that sinneth it shall die acting in a manner consistent with his own mercy and pre…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:149…unto death were in the shadow of death according to the saying the soul that sinneth it shall die but so long as he who sins unto death exists in the present life he is not…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1125D…n—for over whom else did it ever reign, if not over the soul that had sinned through the intellect? As it has been said: "The soul that sinneth, it shall die" (Ezech. XVIII, 4); for the sake of which Christ laid dow…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1039…the salvation of the brother who is in danger in sin because the soul that sinneth it shall die and that one be stirred up against every sin as if against sin itself and in sharply…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1211…ne dishonors God through the transgression of the law, or because of those who are in danger in sin. For, it says, "The soul that sins, it shall die" (Ezech. XVIII, 4). We are to imitate him who said: "And I shall mourn for ma…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1553…jesus and die no more that is may sin no more for the soul that sinneth it shall die and as death hath no more dominion over him so also may sin no more have dominion…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:351…where is piety where is holiness where is ezekiel crying out that the soul that sinneth it shall die and that the son shall not bear the iniquity of his father how then does the history…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:163…mind nor is the mind the spirit b lxxviii furthermore he says the soul that sinneth it shall die i do not think he spoke of the soul separated from the body there were he says…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:123C…htered with the slaughter that befits it; for just as there is death of the body, so there is death of the soul: The soul that sins, he says, it shall die (Ezech. XVIII, 4). This is not the same kind of death as…
Theophilus of Alexandria d. 412PG 65:57…one another for if as the father and the son are one so also the soul of the son and the son were one then the father and the soul would also be one and the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:419…the lord this parable shall no more be cited in israel for all souls are mine as the soul of the father so also the soul of the son the soul that hath sinned it shall…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:949…the lord this proverb shall no more be used in israel for all souls are mine as the soul of the father so also the soul of the son are mine the soul that sinneth it…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1449…that the sons and descendants of Jacob were not incorporeal, but the historian signified the whole by a part. And again: “The soul that sinneth, it shall die” (Ezech. xviii, 4). Yet no one ever knew a soul to have f…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:609…lord this proverb shall no more be a proverb in israel for all souls are mine as the soul of the father so also the soul of the son is mine the soul that sinneth the…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:711…how could it sin but it is said particularly concerning the soul the soul that sinneth it shall die not the spirit but if god is able to destroy both soul and body in hell that…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:271…this proverb shall be used anymore as a proverb in israel for all souls are mine as the soul of the father so also the soul of the son is mine the soul that sins it…
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1391A…is He not unjust who subjects the innocent to penalties? How does this not stand in opposition to Scripture, which says, The soul that sinneth, it shall die (Ezek. xviii, 4)? ANSWER. That the punishment of the p…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in israel behold all souls are mine as the soul of the father so also the soul of the son is mine the soul that sinneth…
5Ezek 18:5
OrigenesPG 16:2713…of the son is mine the soul that sinneth it shall die but if a man be just and do that which is lawful and right and hath not eaten upon the mountains neither hath lifted…
6Ezek 18:6
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1083…the man who shall be righteous and shall do judgment and justice hath not eaten upon the mountains and hath not lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of israel and hath not…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:815…mountains are spiritual ordained in opposition those that generate these things unto the idols of the house of israel according to the notion he calls the passions idols unto the woman in her menstruation the days…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:817…set in opposition to those who give birth to such things unto the idols of the house of israel according to the disposition of the passions he calls these idols unto the woman in her menstruation…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:877…says and behold every likeness of creeping thing and cattle and all the idols of the house of israel depicted on it round about and he said to me hast thou seen son of man are…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:597…of creeping thing and beast and vain abominations and i saw all the idols of the house of israel c engraved upon it round about and seventy men of the elders of the house of israel…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:799…to them has not eaten upon the mountains and has not lifted his eyes to the idols of the house of israel and has not defiled his neighbor's wife and other things similar to these to…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:883…likeness of creeping things and of beasts and vain abominations and all the idols of the house of israel depicted on the wall all around and seventy men of the elders of the house of israel…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2379…and behold every likeness of creeping things and of beasts and all the idols of the house of israel were portrayed upon it round about and he said to me hast thou seen son of man…
OrigenesPG 16:2699…behold every likeness of reptile and beast and vain abominations and all the idols of the house of israel described upon the wall round about and seventy men of the elders of the house of israel…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…a man be just and do that which is lawful and right and hath not eaten upon the mountains neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of israel neither hath defiled…
7Ezek 18:7
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:275…hath not holden a pledge nor hath taken away with violence but hath given his bread to the hungry and hath covered the naked with a garment and hath not lent upon usury nor taken any…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…defiled his neighbour's wife neither hath come near to a menstruous woman and hath not oppressed any but hath restored to the debtor his pledge hath spoiled none by violence hath given his bread to the…
8Ezek 18:8
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:275…garment and hath not lent upon usury nor taken any increase and hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity and hath executed true judgment between man and man and hath walked in my commandments and kept my…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…bread to the hungry and hath covered the naked with a garment he that hath not given forth upon usury neither hath taken any increase that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity hath executed true judgment…
9Ezek 18:9
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1083…will do true judgment between man and his neighbor he will walk in my statutes and hath kept my judgments to do truth he is just he shall surely live saith adonai the lord and isaiah…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:973…walked in my commandments and has kept my ordinances to do them he is just he shall surely live says adonai the lord he who has performed all the things mentioned he says and is free…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:275…hath walked in my commandments and kept my judgments to do truth he is just he shall surely live saith the lord god sap iv venerable old age is not that of long time nor counted…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…his hand from iniquity hath executed true judgment between man and man hath walked in my statutes and hath kept my judgments to deal truly he is just he shall surely live saith the lord god…
10Ezek 18:10
OrigenesPG 16:2713…truly he is just he shall surely live saith the lord god if he beget a son that is a robber a shedder of blood and that doeth the like to any one of these things…
11Ezek 18:11
OrigenesPG 16:2713…blood and that doeth the like to any one of these things and that doeth not any of those duties but even hath eaten upon the mountains and defiled his neighbour's wife hath oppressed the poor…
12Ezek 18:12
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1083…judgment and justice hath not eaten upon the mountains and hath not lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of israel and hath not defiled his neighbor's wife and hath not approached to…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…is lawful and right and hath not eaten upon the mountains neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of israel neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife neither hath come near to…
13Ezek 18:13
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:621…last ones he shall not live he has done all these iniquities he shall surely die his blood shall be upon him and you shall say why did the son not receive the iniquity of the…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1043…let him die the death he that curseth his father and mother his blood shall be upon him or as the lxx render it he is liable so that this name refers to god himself for…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:973…he shall not live with life he has done all these iniquities he shall surely die his blood shall be upon him nothing he says will the wicked man profit from his father s virtue since…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1141…because having heard the voice of the trumpet he did not observe his blood shall be upon him he calls the sword war and the watchman the scout the discourse teaches us that god himself provides…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols hath committed abomination hath given forth upon usury and hath taken increase shall he then live he shall not live he hath done all these abominations he…
14Ezek 18:14
OrigenesPG 16:2713…truly he is just he shall surely live saith the lord god if he beget a son that is a robber a shedder of blood and that doeth the like to any one of these things…
15Ezek 18:15
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1083…the man who shall be righteous and shall do judgment and justice hath not eaten upon the mountains and hath not lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of israel and hath not…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:815…mountains are spiritual ordained in opposition those that generate these things unto the idols of the house of israel according to the notion he calls the passions idols unto the woman in her menstruation the days…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:817…set in opposition to those who give birth to such things unto the idols of the house of israel according to the disposition of the passions he calls these idols unto the woman in her menstruation…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:877…says and behold every likeness of creeping thing and cattle and all the idols of the house of israel depicted on it round about and he said to me hast thou seen son of man are…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:597…of creeping thing and beast and vain abominations and i saw all the idols of the house of israel c engraved upon it round about and seventy men of the elders of the house of israel…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:799…to them has not eaten upon the mountains and has not lifted his eyes to the idols of the house of israel and has not defiled his neighbor's wife and other things similar to these to…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:883…likeness of creeping things and of beasts and vain abominations and all the idols of the house of israel depicted on the wall all around and seventy men of the elders of the house of israel…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2379…and behold every likeness of creeping things and of beasts and all the idols of the house of israel were portrayed upon it round about and he said to me hast thou seen son of man…
OrigenesPG 16:2699…behold every likeness of reptile and beast and vain abominations and all the idols of the house of israel described upon the wall round about and seventy men of the elders of the house of israel…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…man be just and do that which is lawful and right and hath not eaten upon the mountains neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of israel neither hath defiled his…
16Ezek 18:16
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:275A…that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil. He shall dwell on high, his defence shall be the munitions of rocks." Ezech. XVIII, 16-18. — "And hath not oppressed any man, and…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…hath restored to the debtor his pledge hath spoiled none by violence hath given his bread to the hungry and hath covered the naked with a garment he that hath not given forth upon usury neither…
17Ezek 18:17
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:799…things similar to these to which he added this end this man shall not die for the iniquity of his father but shall live in life and you say why shall the son not bear the…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…bread to the hungry and hath covered the naked with a garment that hath taken off his hand from the poor that hath not received usury nor increase hath executed my judgments hath walked in my…
18Ezek 18:18
OrigenesPG 16:2713…not die for the iniquity of his father he shall surely live as for his father because he cruelly oppressed spoiled his brother by violence and did that which is not good among his people lo…
19Ezek 18:19
OrigenesPG 16:2713…it shall die but if a man be just and do that which is lawful and right and hath not eaten upon the mountains neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house…
20Ezek 18:20
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:617…not the conversation with sinners in words but that in deeds for the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him and the iniquity of the unrighteous shall be upon him and again if a land…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:621…of the father so also the soul of the son is mine the soul that sinneth it shall die but the man who shall be just doing judgment and justice and following next adding the remaining…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1575…who eats the sour grape shall be set on edge and that the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son the justice of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:701…from hell and they introduce iniquity to the lord not seeing that the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him and the iniquity of the wicked upon him and each one shall die in his…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1117…enemy of him who said i am the life according to which the soul that sinneth it shall die but that it was by no means god who delivered him into the hands of men the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:977…dead here according to the sin of the soul since he says the soul that sinneth it shall die for just as in the death of the body the senses perish so that one no longer…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1011…says death that death without doubt about which the prophet also says the soul that sinneth it shall die of which death one might rightly call this bodily death a shadow for wherever that one proceeds…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1263…corruption c and be swallowed up by death according to the saying the soul that sinneth it shall die acting in a manner consistent with his own mercy and pre…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:149…unto death were in the shadow of death according to the saying the soul that sinneth it shall die but so long as he who sins unto death exists in the present life he is not…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1125…soul that had sinned through the intellect as it has been said the soul that sinneth it shall die ezech xviii for the sake of which christ laid down his own soul as a ransom giving…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1039…the salvation of the brother who is in danger in sin because the soul that sinneth it shall die and that one be stirred up against every sin as if against sin itself and in sharply…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1553…jesus and die no more that is may sin no more for the soul that sinneth it shall die and as death hath no more dominion over him so also may sin no more have dominion…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:351…where is piety where is holiness where is ezekiel crying out that the soul that sinneth it shall die and that the son shall not bear the iniquity of his father how then does the history…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:163…mind nor is the mind the spirit b lxxviii furthermore he says the soul that sinneth it shall die i do not think he spoke of the soul separated from the body there were he says…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:393A…had the name of death. "On whatever day you eat from the tree," He says, "you shall die the death" (Gen. 2:17). And again: "The soul that sins, it shall die" (Ezek 18:20). And David: "The death of sinners is e…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:235D…re it seems to me that he calls 'death' the destruction that is there, and the punishment, as he also says elsewhere: "The soul that sinneth, it shall perish" (Ezech. 18:20); signifying not an extinction of natur…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:693D…there] plots and slanders? But it is not we who are wronged in these things, but those who have done them. "For the soul," he says, "that sins, it shall die;" (Ezech. 18: 20); but it was not the one who suffered e…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:419…so also the soul of the son the soul that hath sinned it shall die the son shall not bear the iniquity of his father nor the father cont…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:949…of the father so also the soul of the son are mine the soul that sinneth it shall die but the son shall not take the iniquity of the father nor shall the father take the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1449…incorporeal but the historian signified the whole by a part and again the soul that sinneth it shall die ezech xviii yet no one ever knew a soul to have fallen into sin without a body…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:561…when ezekiel cries aloud the soul that sins it shall die and the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father this question is not dissimilar to that one concerning when he destroys infants by…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:609…son is mine the soul that sinneth the same shall die and the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father therefore an exposition is to be sought that properly concerns this passage some say…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:711…how could it sin but it is said particularly concerning the soul the soul that sinneth it shall die not the spirit but if god is able to destroy both soul and body in hell that…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1567…a the man however shall be righteous doing justice etc the son shall not bear the iniquity of his father neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son the righteousness of the…
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1391…penalties how does this not stand in opposition to scripture which says the soul that sinneth it shall die ezek xviii answer that the punishment of the people is the bitterest punishment for sinful kings the…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…of the father so also the soul of the son is mine the soul that sinneth it shall die but if a man be just and do that which is lawful and right and hath not…
OrigenesPG 16:2739…just shall not deliver him in the day whereon he shall err and the wickedness of the wicked shall not hurt him in the day whereon he shall turn from his wickedness and the just shall…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:353…shall not deliver him in the day in which he shall sin and the wickedness of the wicked shall not hurt him in the day in which he shall turn away from his wickedness ezech xxxiii…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:537…render to each one according to his works h from ezekiel h the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him and the iniquity of the wicked shall be upon him i will judge each of…
21Ezek 18:21
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:839…He who said: "If the wicked man turns from his evil way, I will not remember his iniquities which he has done" (Ezech. 18:21, 22). Let them therefore be converted;…
John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1899…the lord almighty if the wicked turn d from all his iniquities that he hath committed and keep all my commandments and do justice and mercy he shall surely live and shall not die all his…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1663D….» (Ezech. XXXIII, 11). And again, «On whatever day the wicked man turns from all his iniquities, and does justice, his sins shall no more be remembered.» (Ezech. XVIII, 21-22). For the Lord greatly desires our salv…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:107D…, et non irascar in perpetuum. Meliores facite vias vestras et opera vestra, et audite vocem Domini; et quiescet Dominus a malis quæ locutus est contra vos. » Ezech. xviii, 21-23. — « Si conversus fuerit injustus ab om…
OrigenesPG 16:2713…soul that sinneth it shall die but if a man be just and do that which is lawful and right and hath not eaten upon the mountains neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols…
22Ezek 18:22
John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1899…transgressions whatsoever he hath done shall not be remembered in his justice that he hath done he shall live do i at all desire the death of the wicked saith the lord as that he should…
23Ezek 18:23
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:1377C…those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick” (Ibid. 12). And: “I do not desire the death of the sinner, but that he should repent” (Ezech. XVIII, 23). Hence, it occurs to the man trained…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1145A…very day (Ps. VII, 12), but watches the sinner, not wanting him to sin; according to that, "He does not desire the death of the sinner, but rather repentance" (Ezech. XVIII, 23). As for the words, "You have not made…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:433D…estruction of the living (Sap. 1:13). And He Himself says through the prophet: Do I indeed desire the death of the sinner, as that he should turn and live? (Ezech. 18:23). But when we do not turn, we bring des…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:185…or gloat. For if I, He says, the one punishing, do not do this rejoicing, nor take pleasure in their punishment ("For I do not desire the death of the sinner," Ezek. 18.23), you too must imitate the Master, and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:297D…the transgression; for He is loving to mankind; for He Himself said: "I do not desire the death of the sinner, as that he should return, and repent, and live" (Ezech. 18: 23). He requires from you a little labor a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:55…osperity. Such is our Lord, and so generous. And He cries out through the Prophet, saying, "Do I desire the death of the sinner, but that he return and live?" (Ezek. 18:23). I know that you, being of good unders…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:157…y, but I do not punish because of the sin committed: for I am a philanthropist, and I do not desire the death of the sinner, as that he should turn and live (Ezech. 18:23). Since, therefore, you have sinned, B…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:267C…wills that all men be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Tim. 2:4); who does not will the death of the sinner, but that he be converted and live (Ezek. 18:23). And they did not see, he says, the na…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:407D…what is past, if I see them willing to repent? Do I not cry out daily, saying: "Do I indeed desire the death of the sinner, as that he should turn and live?" (Ezech. XVIII, 23)? Do I not for this reason do everythin…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:473B…parables; but now, by this very thing He moves them—by speaking in enigmas. For God does not will the death of the sinner, but that he should return and live (Ezek. 18.23). But that sin is not from nature or ne…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:615B…is so good that none other is his equal, benign, clement, of much mercy, and He does not want the death of the sinner, but that he might be converted and live (Ezech. XVIII, 23). Whence then, whence does it happen th…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:135B…was not His primary will that sacrifices should happen. Even so, when He said that He does not want the death of the sinner, but that he be converted and live (Ezek. XVIII, 23, 32), he shows that he even desired it:…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1073A…A1073⟧ Him also saying through Ezechiel the prophet: "Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die, as that he should return from his ways and live?" (Ezech. XVIII, 23). "Weeping may endure for a night, but…
Apophthegmata Patrum (Desert Fathers) 4th–5th century (compiled)PG 65:385…s us with an oath that He will not destroy them. For He says: “As I live, says the Lord, I do not desire the death of the sinner, but that he return and live” (Ezech. XVIII, 23; XXXIII, 11). Of Abba Peter of Dii⟦…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:1007A…eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge, for thus says the Lord Adonai: Their teeth, which have eaten the sour grape, shall be set on edge (Ezech. XVIII, 23). By this, He shows that God does n…
24Ezek 18:24
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:879…iniquity according to all the iniquities that the wicked man hath done all his righteousness that he hath done shall not be remembered in his fall in which he hath fallen but in his sins which…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:325B…just man He says: If a man does all righteousness and all truth, and then turns and sins, I will not remember his righteousness, but in his sin he will die (Ezech. 18:24). O the great strictness toward the jus…
John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1899…he shall surely live and shall not die all his transgressions whatsoever he hath done shall not be remembered in his justice that he hath done he shall live do i at all desire the death…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1171A…the workers of iniquity." Prov. xxvi, 20. — "As a dog, when it returns to its own vomit, becomes hateful, so is a fool who by his own malice repeats his sin." Ezech. xviii, 24. — "If the righteous man turns away fro…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:351B…ghteousness which he has done shall not be remembered: in his transgression which he has committed, and in his sins which he has sinned, in them he shall die” (Ezech. XVIII, 24). And again…
25Ezek 18:25
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:827…not ask and i will not tempt the lord and esaias said hear now o house of israel is it a small thing for you to be tiresome to men and how are you tiresome to…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1145…the ungrateful and wicked people vers and the children of thy people say the way of the lord is not right and this way of theirs is not right such great goodness and clemency he says…
John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1901…die and say ye is not the way of the lord right hear now o house of israel is not my way right are not your ways rather perverse when the just man turneth himself away…
OrigenesPG 16:2715…hath sinned in them he shall die and you have said the way of the lord is not right but hear o house of israel is not my way right is your way not right when…
OrigenesPG 16:2739…and justice he shall surely live and the children of thy people say the way of the lord is not right whereas their way is not right for when the just man turneth away from his…
27Ezek 18:27
OrigenesPG 16:2739…from his justice and committeth iniquities he shall die in them and when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness and doth judgment and justice he shall live in them and you say the way…
29Ezek 18:29
OrigenesPG 16:2715…hath sinned in them he shall die and you have said the way of the lord is not right but hear o house of israel is not my way right is your way not right when…
OrigenesPG 16:2739…he shall surely live and the children of thy people say the way of the lord is not right whereas their way is not right for when the just man turneth away from his justice and…
30Ezek 18:30
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:623…shall not die and following this every one according to your ways i will judge you o house of israel says adonai the lord h caput xv h h that a priest must neither neglect sins…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1021…enumerates the species of the evil verse behold the princes of the house of israel every one according to his kinsmen have been engaged in you that they might shed blood he began the accusation d…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1147…not right then he says positively each one according to your ways i will judge you o house of israel this is sufficient to persuade even those who are as hard as adamant to abandon their…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1115…in the day in which he shall turn away from his iniquity i will judge you o house of israel everyone according to his ways and his statutes…
31Ezek 18:31
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1081…not as he arranged for the fathers in horeb and to give a new heart and a new spirit to men and again and do not call to mind the things of old behold i do…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:549…the people to have such a heart through ezekiel make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit since these things are so and are of such a nature that…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:553…is also indicated again through ezekiel when he says make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit and why will you die o house of israel for i do not desire the death of…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:593…from all your idols i will cleanse you and i will give you a new heart and a new spirit i will give you and i will take away the heart of stone from your flesh…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:455…inasmuch as it proceeded from him by nature and i will give you a new heart and a new spirit and i will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and i will give…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:571…spirit but truly his own declares such things and i will give you a new heart and a new spirit and i will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and i will give…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:585…those held captive in babylon for i will give them he says a new heart and a new spirit by spirit he does not mean the all holy spirit but the impulse of the rational faculty…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:573…of the holy prophets the god of all said somewhere concerning them a new heart and a new spirit i will give them and david also sings create in me a clean heart o god and…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1247…to the captives in babylon for i will give them he says a new heart and a new spirit but he does not mean the all holy spirit but the impulse of the reason that is…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:979…impieties which you have impiously committed against me and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit for why will you die o house of israel relinquish he says the way of impiety and…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1183…that follow confirm what has been said vers and i will give you a new heart and a new spirit i will give you by these words he signified a change of mind for he says…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:441…the prophet ezekiel to the captives at babylon i will give them a new heart and a new spirit by spirit however he does not mean the holy spirit but an impulse of the mind that…
Gregentius of Taphar traditional dates c. 502-552PG 86:697…from all your idols i will cleanse you and i will give you a new heart and a new spirit i will give you and i will take away the stony heart from your flesh and…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:693…people through ezekiel to have such a heart saying make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit since these things are so and such a difference in spirits has been demonstrated you would act…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:695…renewed just as god promised through ezekiel saying and i will give you a new heart and a new spirit will i give you and i will take away the stony heart out of your flesh…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:313…promised this through his own prophets saying through ezekiel i will give you a new heart and a new spirit and i will put my spirit within you and through joel and it shall come to…
OrigenesPG 16:2715…and b they shall not be unto you an iniquity for torment cast away from you all your impieties which you have impiously acted against me and make to yourselves a new heart and a new…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:369…now indeed by calling but soon also by grace make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit that joy may be caused b to those in heaven for if there is joy in heaven…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:961…sprinkle upon you clean water and the rest and i will give you a new heart and a new spirit will i give within you and straightway and my spirit i will give within you b…
32Ezek 18:32
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:7ALatin…bi dimittatur cogitatio cordis tui. In felle enim amaritudinis et vinculo iniquitatis video esse te. Non enim vult interitum peccatoris amator anima- rum Deus (Ezech. 18, 32). Demonstratis pro virili iis omnibus q…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:377…to punish, but even when He does punish, He does so unwillingly. For I do not desire, He says, the death of the sinner, but that he should return and live (Ezek. 18:32). And Christ even weeps over the destru…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:673B…and He is longsuffering. For this reason He threatens, and does not cast them in immediately; "For I have no pleasure," He says, "in the death of the sinner" (Ezek. 18: 32). But if there is no death of the sinne…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:963D…s not put to shame, for that reason You will hearken, because it pleases You to be merciful; nor do You wish the death of the sinner as much as his repentance (Ezech. xviii, 32). Therefore I, he says, as a deaf man d…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1143…d vers say unto them as i live saith the lord god i have no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that the wicked turn from his way and live who could admire the…
John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1955…he world, but to save the world (Joan. XII, 47). Let us merely repent, for he does not so much desire the death of the sinner as that he should turn and live (Ezech. XVIII, 32). An insane lover does not love his bel…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:143B…if it were not very great, few would have been saved. "Therefore I do not desire," He says, "the death of the sinner, but rather that he should turn and live" (Ezech. xviii, 32). The Same. — Since some complain…
OrigenesPG 16:2715…die o house of israel saith the lord because i will not the death of him that dieth saith the lord adonai and convert yourselves and live h chapter xix h and thou son of man…