122 And that the glory of the Most High shall defend them which have led a pure life, whereas we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?
123 And that there shall be showed a paradise, whose fruit endures without decay, wherein is abundance and healing, but we shall not enter into it,
124 for we have walked in unpleasant places?
125 And that the faces of them which have used abstinence shall shine above the stars, whereas our faces shall be blacker than darkness?
126 For while we lived and committed iniquity, we considered not what we should have to suffer after death.
127 Then he answered and said, This is the condition of the battle, which man that is born upon the earth shall fight;
128 that, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as you have said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.