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?
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?
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.