2 Esdras 7:94-96

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⁹⁴ The third order: they see the witness that he who formed them bears concerning them, that throughout their life they kept the law with which they were entrusted.^{(A) 95} The fourth order: they understand the rest that they now enjoy, being gathered into their chambers and guarded by angels in profound quiet and the glory waiting for them in the last days.^{(B) 96} The fifth order: they rejoice that they have now escaped what is corruptible and shall inherit what is to come; moreover, they see the straits and toil from which they have been delivered and the spacious liberty that they are to receive and enjoy in immortality.^(C)