2 Esdras 9:12-14

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹² these must in torment acknowledge it^[a] after death. ¹³ Therefore, do not continue to be curious about how the ungodly will be punished; but inquire how the righteous will be saved, those to whom the age belongs and for whose sake the age was made.’^[b]

The Argument Recapitulated

¹⁴ I answered and said,