28 Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die.
28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
28 Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
28 Because he faces up to all the wrongs he's committed and puts them behind him, he will live, really live. He won't die.
28 Because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
28 They will live because they thought it over and decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 18:28
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.