2 Esdras 7:44-46

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴⁴ This is my judgement and its prescribed order; and to you alone I have shown these things.’

Only a Few Will Be Saved

⁴⁵ I answered and said, ‘O sovereign Lord, I said then and^[a] I say now: Blessed are those who are alive and keep your commandments! ⁴⁶ But what of those for whom I prayed? For who among the living is there that has not sinned, or who is there among mortals that has not transgressed your covenant?