3 Now tell them that I am the Lord God, and as surely as I live, that saying will no longer be used in Israel.
4 The lives of all people belong to me—parents as well as children. Only those who sin will be put to death.
5 Suppose there is a truly good man who always does what is fair and right.
6 He refuses to eat meat sacrificed to foreign gods at local shrines or to worship Israel's idols. He doesn't have sex with someone else's wife or with a woman having her monthly period.
7 He never cheats or robs anyone and always returns anything taken as security for a loan; he gives food and clothes to the poor
8 and doesn't charge interest when lending money. He refuses to do anything evil; he is fair to everyone
9 and faithfully obeys my laws and teachings. This man is good, and I promise he will live.