13. If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done.
14. And if I say to a wicked person, “You will surely die,” but they then turn away from their sin and do what is just and right –
15. if they give back what they took in pledge for a loan, return what they have stolen, follow the decrees that give life, and do no evil – that person will surely live; they will not die.
16. None of the sins that person has committed will be remembered against them. They have done what is just and right; they will surely live.
17. ‘Yet your people say, “The way of the Lord is not just.” But it is their way that is not just.
18. If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, they will die for it.