2 Esdras 7:15

15 So, Ezra, why are you upset and disturbed by the thought that you are mortal and must die? ¹

2 Esdras 7:15 In-Context

13 But the entrances to the great world to come are wide and safe and lead to immortality.

14 Everyone who lives must walk the narrow and meaningless ways of this world in order to receive the blessings stored up in the world to come.

15 So, Ezra, why are you upset and disturbed by the thought that you are mortal and must die?

16 Why don't you think about the age to come, rather than the present age?"

17 I answered, "Lord and master, in your Law you said that the righteous would receive all these blessings, but that the wicked would perish.

Cross References

• 1. 7.15, 162 Corinthians 4.18.

Footnotes

• [a]. by the thought that; [or] since.