Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Berakhot 57:5

ולא והכתיב (יחזקאל יח, כד) ובשוב צדיק מצדקתו ועשה עול ההוא רשע מעיקרו אבל צדיק מעיקרו לא

He does not ? Behold it is written, "But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness and committeth iniquity" (Ezek. xviii. 24)! That refers to a man who was originally wicked; but the man who is originally righteous does not.

Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot

Before becoming righteous. It is possible for such an one to lapse into evil ways.
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