2 Esdras 7:92-94

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⁹² The first order: because they have striven with great effort to overcome the evil thought that was formed with them, so that it might not lead them astray from life into death.^{(A) 93} The second order: because they see the perplexity in which the souls of the ungodly wander and the punishment that awaits them.^{(B) 94} The third order: they see the witness that he who formed them bears concerning them, that throughout their life they kept the law with which they were entrusted.^(C)