16 We were regarded by him as something worthless, and he abstains from our ways as from uncleanness. He calls the latter end of the righteous happy. He boasts that God is his father. (WEB) 17 Let’s see if his words are true. Let’s test what will happen at the end of his life. (WEB) 18 For if the righteous man is God’s son, he will uphold him, and he will deliver him out of the hand of his adversaries. (WEB) 19 Let’s test him with insult and torture, that we may find out how gentle he is, and test his patience. (WEB) 20 Let’s condemn him to a shameful death, for he will be protected, according to his words.” (WEB) 21 Thus they reasoned, and they were led astray; for their wickedness blinded them, (WEB) 22 and they didn’t know the mysteries of God, neither did they hope for wages of holiness, nor did they discern that there is a prize for blameless souls. (WEB) 23 Because God created man for incorruption, and made him an image of his own everlastingness; (WEB) 24 but death entered into the world by the envy of the devil, and those who belong to him experience it. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 2:16–24
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