2 Esdras 7:45-47

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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!^{(A) 46} But what of those for whom I prayed? For who among the living is there who has not sinned, or who is there among mortals who has not transgressed your covenant?^{(B) 47} And now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few but torments to many.^(C)