2 Esdras 7:126-128

Common English Bible

¹²⁶ While we were alive and doing evil, we didn’t think about what we would suffer after death.”

¹²⁷ He answered: “These are the rules for the contest in which everyone born on earth takes part: ¹²⁸ Those who are defeated will suffer what you said, but those who conquer will receive what I say.