18:30–32 This is a summary statement. Sin can never be taken lightly in one’s relationship with God. Yet within the solemn warnings about the gravity of sin and the threat it represents, there remains the assurance that God does not desire or delight in the death of the wicked (2 Pet. 3:9). Repentance is the way to life (2 Chr. 6:37–39; Is. 30:15; 59:20; Jer. 18:8; Matt. 4:17; Mark 1:4, 15; Luke 13:3, 5; 15:7, 10; 24:47; Acts 3:19; 17:30; 2 Cor. 7:10).