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2 Esdras 7:45-47
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
2 Esdras 7:45-47
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Only a Few Will Be Saved
45 I answered and said, ‘O sovereign Lord, I said then and[a] I say now: Blessed are those who are alive and keep your commandments! 46 But what of those for whom I prayed? For who among the living is there that has not sinned, or who is there among mortals that has not transgressed your covenant? 47 And now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few, but torments to many.
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- 2 Esdras 7:45 Syr: Lat And I answered, ‘I said then, O Lord, and
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
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