2 Esdras 7:127

127 He answered: "These are the rules for the contest in which everyone born on earth takes part:

2 Esdras 7:127 In-Context

125 What good is it that the faces of those who practiced abstinence will shine brighter than stars when our faces are blacker than darkness?

126 While we were alive and doing evil, we didn't think about what we would suffer after death."

127 He answered: "These are the rules for the contest in which everyone born on earth takes part:

128 Those who are defeated will suffer what you said, but those who conquer will receive what I say.

129 This is the path that Moses declared when he was alive, speaking to the people, Choose life for yourself…so that you may live.