117 For what profit is it for all who are in this present time to live in heaviness, and after death to look for punishment? (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:117
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2 Esdras 7:46–48
46 But what about those for whom I prayed? For who is there of those who are alive who has not sinned, and who of the children of men hasn’t transgressed your covenant? (WEB) 47 Now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few, but torments to many. (WEB) 48 For an evil h… (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:66–68
66 For it is far better with them than with us; for they don’t look forward to judgment, neither do they know of torments or of salvation promised to them after death. (WEB) 67 For what does it profit us, that we will be preserved alive, but yet be afflicted with torment? (WEB) 68 … (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:125–127
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2 Baruch 51:14–16
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Sirach 11:22–24
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1 Maccabees 2:12–14
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2 Esdras 7:55–57
55 Say to her, ‘You produce gold, silver, and brass, and also iron, lead, and clay; (WEB) 56 but silver is more abundant than gold, and brass than silver, and iron than brass, and lead than iron, and clay than lead.’ (WEB) 57 Judge therefore which things are precious and to be desi… (WEB)
2 Clement 10:3–5
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