A good person will escape trouble, and that trouble will happen to some evil person.
Proverbs 21:18 - Easy To Read Version Evil people have to pay for all the bad things they do to good people. People who are not honest have to pay for the things they do to honest people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, And the transgressor for the upright. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wicked become a ransom for the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and the treacherous for the upright [because the wicked themselves fall into the traps and pits they have dug for the good]. American Standard Version (1901) The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright. Common English Bible The wicked are a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous will be punished in the place of the virtuous. Catholic Public Domain Version The impious is given over instead of the just, and the iniquitous is given over in place of the upright. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous. |
A good person will escape trouble, and that trouble will happen to some evil person.
Christ himself died for you. And that one death paid for your sins. He was not guilty, but he died for people who are guilty. He did this to bring you all to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit.