2 Esdras 7:115-117

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¹¹⁵ Therefore no one will then be able to have mercy on someone who has been condemned in the judgment or to harm^[a] someone who is victorious.”^(A)

Lamentation over the Fate of Most People

¹¹⁶ I answered and said, “This is my first and last comment: it would have been better if the earth had not produced Adam or else, when it had produced him, had restrained him from sinning.^{(B) 117} For what good is it to all that they live in sorrow now and expect punishment after death?^(C)