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Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn`t turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
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Duty to Warn, Not to Convert
All commentators agree that this verse establishes a clear principle of responsibility. The messenger's duty is to deliver the warning faithfully. The listener is then individually responsible for their own response and will be judged by God for their own actions, not the messenger's.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This passage anticipates the great moral principle of divine government (Ezekiel 18:0) that each person is individually responsible for…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet is here taught how usefully he will invest his labor, even if he should appear to fail; for he ought to be satisfied with this alone: t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yet if you warn the wicked Of his sin and danger; lay before him his evil, and show him the sad consequences of going on …
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