2 Esdras 7:47 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For what profit is it for all that are in this present time to live in heaviness, and after death to look for punishment?

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Now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few but torment to many.

Now I understand that the world to come will bring joy to only a few, but torment to many.

Now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few, but torments to many.

Now I understand that the world to come will bring joy to only a few, but torment to many.

Now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few, but torments to many.

And now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few, but torments to many.