88 “Now this is the order of those who have kept the ways of the Most High, when they will be separated from their mortal body. (WEB) 89 In the time that they lived in it, they painfully served the Most High, and were in jeopardy every hour, that they might keep the law of the lawgiver perfectly. (WEB) 90 Therefore this is the teaching concerning them: (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:88–90
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