2 Esdras 8:47

47 You are certainly not able to love what I have created more than I do. Never again consider yourself among the unrighteous, as you have done so often.

2 Esdras 8:47 In-Context

45 It's impossible, O Lord above! Spare the people who are your own. Have pity on them. Show your mercy to the people you have created."
46 He answered, "The present is for those who live now, and the future for those who are to come.
47 You are certainly not able to love what I have created more than I do. Never again consider yourself among the unrighteous, as you have done so often.
48 Yet I am very pleased
49 that you have shown proper humility and not boasted by thinking of yourself as righteous.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.