27 But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life.
27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
27 Again, when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life.
27 Likewise, if a bad person turns away from his bad life and starts living a good life, a fair life, he will save his life.
27 Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive.
27 And if wicked people turn from their wickedness, obey the law, and do what is just and right, they will save their lives.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 18:27
Commentary on Ezekiel 18:21-29
(Read Ezekiel 18:21-29)
The wicked man would be saved, if he turned from his evil ways. The true penitent is a true believer. None of his former transgressions shall be mentioned unto him, but in the righteousness which he has done, as the fruit of faith and the effect of conversion, he shall surely live. The question is not whether the truly righteous ever become apostates. It is certain that many who for a time were thought to be righteous, do so, while 28 is the beginning and progress of repentance. True believers watch and pray, and continue to the end, and they are saved. In all our disputes with God, he is in the right, and we are in the wrong.