2 Esdras 7:117

117 What good is it for any of us to have life in the present age, when it is full of misery and when all we can look forward to after death is punishment?

2 Esdras 7:117 In-Context

115 So on Judgment Day, no one will be able to have mercy on those who have been condemned, and no one will be able to harm those who have been acquitted."

116 I answered, "I made this point before, and I will make it again. It would have been better if the earth had never produced Adam, or when it had done so, if it had made him so that he could not sin.

117 What good is it for any of us to have life in the present age, when it is full of misery and when all we can look forward to after death is punishment?

118 O Adam, what have you done? Your sin was not only your own downfall; it was also the downfall of all of us who are your descendants.

119 What good is it to us that we have the promise of immortal life, when we have committed sins that condemn us to death?