2 Esdras 7:128

128 If he is defeated, he must suffer the things you have just told me about, but if he is victorious, he will receive the rewards that I have just mentioned.

2 Esdras 7:128 In-Context

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:

128 If he is defeated, he must suffer the things you have just told me about, but if he is victorious, he will receive the rewards that I have just mentioned.

129 That is why Moses long ago urged the people to choose life so that they might live.

130 But they did not believe him or the prophets who came after him, and they did not believe me when I spoke to them.