22 and they didn’t know the mysteries of God, neither did they hope for wages of holiness, nor did they discern that there is a prize for blameless souls. (WEB) 23 Because God created man for incorruption, and made him an image of his own everlastingness; (WEB) 24 but death entered into the world by the envy of the devil, and those who belong to him experience it. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 2:22–24
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