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B. On Childlessness[a]

13 Yes, blessed is she who, childless and undefiled,
    never knew transgression of the marriage bed;
    for she shall bear fruit at the judgment of souls.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:13–4:6 The true fruit of life is not children but virtue which leads to immortality. The many children of the wicked will be a disappointing fruit.
  2. 3:13 See vv. 7–9.