Wisdom of Solomon 2:16–24

¹⁶We are esteemed of him as ^scounterfeits: he abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness: ^the pronounceth the end of the just to be blessed, and ^umaketh his boast that God is his father. ¹⁷Let us see if his words be true: and let us prove what shall happen in ^wthe end of him. ¹⁸For ^xif the just man be ^uthe son of God, he will help him, and deliver him from the hand of his enemies. ^19yLet us examine him with despitefulness and torture, that we may know his ^zmeekness, and prove his ^apatience. ²⁰Let us condemn him with a shameful death: for ^bby his own saying he shall be ^crespected.

²¹Such things they did imagine, and were deceived: for ^dtheir own wickedness hath blinded them. ²²As for the ^emysteries of God, they knew them not: neither hoped they for the wages of righteousness, nor discerned a reward for blameless souls. ^23fFor God created man to be immortal, and made him to be ^gan image of his own eternity. ²⁴Nevertheless ^hthrough envy of the devil came death into the world: and ⁱthey that do hold of his side do find it.

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