3 Many have been created, but few will be saved.” (WEB) 4 I answered, “Drink your fill of understanding then, O my soul, and let my heart devour wisdom. (WEB) 5 For you have come here apart from your will, and depart against your will, for you have only been given a short time to live. (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:3–5
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2 Esdras 4:1–3
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2 Esdras 8:45–47
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