2 Esdras 9:13

13 Therefore, do not continue to be curious about how the ungodly will be punished; but inquire how the righteous will be saved, those to whom the age belongs and for whose sake the age was made."

2 Esdras 9:13 In-Context

11 and as many as scorned my law while they still had freedom, and did not understand but despised it while an opportunity of repentance was still open to them,

12 these must in torment acknowledge it after death.

13 Therefore, do not continue to be curious about how the ungodly will be punished; but inquire how the righteous will be saved, those to whom the age belongs and for whose sake the age was made."

14 I answered and said,

15 "I said before, and I say now, and will say it again: there are more who perish than those who will be saved,

Footnotes

• [a]. Syr: Lat [saved, and whose is the age and for whose sake the age was made and when]