2 Esdras 7:94-96

Revised Standard Version

⁹⁴ The third order, they see the witness which he who formed them bears concerning them, that while they were alive they kept the law which was given them in trust. ⁹⁵ The fourth order, they understand the rest which they now enjoy, being gathered into their chambers and guarded by angels in profound quiet, and the glory which awaits them in the last days. ⁹⁶ The fifth order, they rejoice that they have now escaped what is corruptible, and shall inherit what is to come; and besides they see the straits and toil^[a] from which they have been delivered, and the spacious liberty which they are to receive and enjoy in immortality.