2 Esdras 8:46-48

Common English Bible

⁴⁶ He answered me: “The present things are for those who now are, and the future things for the future. ⁴⁷ You are a long way from loving my creation more than I do. But you have often associated yourself with the wicked. Never do so! ⁴⁸ But even in this respect the Most High will admire you,