69 If after death we were not to come into judgment, perhaps it would have been better for us.” (WEB) 70 He answered me, “When the Most High made the world and Adam and all those who came from him, he first prepared the judgment and the things that pertain to the judgment. (WEB) 71 Now understand from your own words, for you have said that the mind grows with us. (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:69–71
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