Good News Bible Anglicised

2 Esdras 7:18-21 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

18. So the righteous can endure all the difficulties of this narrow way because they look forward to the broad and open life of the future, but the wicked must pass through the narrow way without any hope of seeing the broad open life.”

19. The angel replied, “Do you think you are a better judge than God? Do you think you are wiser than God Most High?

20. It is better to let many people of the present age perish than to allow them to neglect the Law that God has given them.

21. God has given clear commandments to everyone coming into this world, telling what they should do to obtain life and to avoid punishment.