2 Esdras 7:125

125 What good is it that the faces of those who practice self-control will shine more brightly than the stars, when our own faces will be blacker than the night?

2 Esdras 7:125 In-Context

123 What good is it that Paradise is shown to us, that its imperishable fruit can heal us and provide all we need? We can never go there

124 because we have lived unacceptable lives.

125 What good is it that the faces of those who practice self-control will shine more brightly than the stars, when our own faces will be blacker than the night?

126 Never in our whole lives, when we sinned, did we think about what we would have to suffer after death."

127 The angel replied, "Here is the meaning of the conflict that every person on earth must endure: