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2 Esdras 8:47
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You are a long way from loving my creation more than I do. But you have often associated yourself with the wicked. Never do so!
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No, Lord above us, but spare your people and have mercy on your inheritance, for you have mercy on your own creation."
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He answered me: "The present things are for those who now are, and the future things for the future.
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You are a long way from loving my creation more than I do. But you have often associated yourself with the wicked. Never do so!
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But even in this respect the Most High will admire you,
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because you have humbled yourself, as befits you, and didn't count yourself among the righteous so that you may be glorified the more.
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