2 Esdras 7:96-98

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⁹⁶ The fifth order: they rejoice that they have now escaped what is corruptible and shall inherit what is to come; moreover, they see the straits and toil from which they have been delivered and the spacious liberty that they are to receive and enjoy in immortality.^{(A) 97} The sixth order: when it is shown them how their face is to shine like the sun and how they are to be made like the light of the stars, being incorruptible from then on.^{(B) 98} The seventh order, which is greater than all that have been mentioned: because they shall rejoice with boldness and shall be confident without confusion and shall be glad without fear, for they press forward to see the face of him whom they served in life and from whom they are to receive their reward when glorified.^(C)