2 Esdras 9:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵ Just as with everything that has happened in the world, the beginning is known from the end,^[a] and the end comes to be seen, ⁶ so also are the times of the Most High. The beginnings are manifest in prodigies and mighty works, and the end is evident in deeds and in signs. ⁷ All this—who will be saved, who will be able to escape through their works or through the faith with which they believe—