Ecclesiastes 3:21

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19 ^aFor what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.

20 All go to one place: ^aall are from the dust, and all return to dust.

21 ^aWho¹ knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?

22 ^aSo I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for ^bthat is his heritage. ^cFor who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

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John Wesley's Notes

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Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who knoweth? - True it is, there is a difference, which is known by good men; but the generality of mankind never mind it: their hearts are wholly set on present and sensible things, and take no thought for the things of the future and invisible world.

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