2 Esdras 7:21

21 For the Lord strictly commanded those who came into the world, when they came, what they should do to live, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.

2 Esdras 7:21 In-Context

19 He said to me, "You are not a better judge than the Lord, or wiser than the Most High!

20 Let many perish who are now living, rather than that the law of God that is set before them be disregarded!

21 For the Lord strictly commanded those who came into the world, when they came, what they should do to live, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.

22 Nevertheless they were not obedient, and spoke against him; they devised for themselves vain thoughts,

23 and proposed to themselves wicked frauds; they even declared that the Most High does not exist, and they ignored his ways.

Footnotes

• [a] Other ancient authorities read [God]