2 Esdras 7:54

2 Esdras 7:54 Context

⁵¹And that there are laid up for us dwellings of health and safety, whereas we have lived wickedly? ⁵²And that the glory of the most High is kept to defend them which have led a wary life, whereas we have walked in the most wicked ways of all? ⁵³And that there should be shewed a paradise, whose fruit endureth for ever, wherein is security and medicine, since we shall not enter into it? ⁵⁴(For we have walked in unpleasant places.) ⁵⁵And that the faces of them which have used abstinence shall shine above the stars, whereas our faces shall be blacker than darkness? ⁵⁶For while we lived and committed iniquity, we considered not that we should begin to suffer for it after death. ⁵⁷Then answered he me, and said, This is the condition of the battle, which man that is born upon the earth shall fight;

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