2 Esdras 7:138-140 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

138. He is spoken of as pardoning because, if it were not for his goodness in pardoning sinners, not one person in 10,000 would gain life.

139. He is called judge because he pardons and blots out the many sins of those who were created by his word.

140. If he did not, only a handful of the whole human race would be left.”

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