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2 Esdras 7:117-119
Revised Standard Version
2 Esdras 7:117-119
Revised Standard Version
47 117 For what good is it to all that they live in sorrow now and expect punishment after death? 48 118 O Adam, what have you done? For though it was you who sinned, the fall was not yours alone, but ours also who are your descendants. 49 119 For what good is it to us, if an eternal age has been promised to us, but we have done deeds that bring death?
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