21. These were their thoughts, but they erred;for their wickedness blinded them,
22. And they did not know the hidden counsels of God;neither did they count on a recompense for holinessnor discern the innocent souls’ reward.
23. For God formed us to be imperishable;the image of his own nature he made us.
24. But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world,and they who are allied with him experience it.