2 Esdras 7:138-140

Common English Bible

¹³⁸ He is called^[a] giver, because if he didn’t give out of his own goodness some relief from their sins to people who committed sins, not one ten-thousandth part of humanity could live. ¹³⁹ He is called judge, because unless he forgave those created by his word and wiped out the multitude of their offenses, ¹⁴⁰ perhaps only a very few would be left from the innumerable multitude.”