John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 18:5

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But if a man be just, &c.] Not legally, as to be wholly free from sin, for there is no such just man, (<210720>Ecclesiastes 7:20); but evangelically, through the imputation of the righteousness of Christ unto him; and who has a principle of grace and holiness wrought in him; a man of a just principle and good conscience; who is disposed by the grace of God to that which is just and right; for this seems to refer to the inward frame of the mind, as distinct from actions, and as the source of them, as follows: and do that which is lawful and right; or “judgment”f263 and “justice”; true judgment and justice, as the Targum; that which is just and right by the law of God, and is so between man and man; the particulars of which follow:

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