If then they that live labour not to enter these strait and vain things, they can never receive those that are laid up for them.
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2 Esdras 7:14
If then they that are liuing, labour not to enter by these strait and brittel things, they can not atteine to those things that are hid.
Parallel Translations
So if those who live don’t enter these difficult and vain things, they can never receive those that are reserved for them.