2 Esdras 7:13-15

Revised Standard Version

¹³ But the entrances of the greater world are broad and safe, and really yield the fruit of immortality. ¹⁴ Therefore unless the living pass through the difficult and vain experiences, they can never receive those things that have been reserved for them. ¹⁵ But now why are you disturbed, seeing that you are to perish? And why are you moved, seeing that you are mortal?