2 Esdras 7:125-127

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¹²⁵ Or that the faces of those who practiced self-control shall shine more than the stars, but our faces shall be blacker than darkness?^{(A) 126} For while we lived and committed iniquity we did not consider what we should suffer after death.”

¹²⁷ He answered and said, “This is the significance of the contest that all who are born on earth shall wage:^(B)