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2 Esdras 7:45-47
Revised Standard Version
2 Esdras 7:45-47
Revised Standard Version
Only a Few Will Be Saved
45 I answered and said, “O sovereign Lord, I said then and I say now:[a] Blessed are those who are alive and keep thy commandments! 46 But what of those for whom I prayed? For who among the living is there that has not sinned, or who among men that has not transgressed thy covenant? 47 And now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few, but torments to many.
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- 2 Esdras 7:45 Syr: Lat And I answered, “I said then, O Lord, and I say now:
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