2 Esdras 7:69

69 I think it would be better if after death we did not have to face judgment."

2 Esdras 7:69 In-Context

67 What good is it to us that we are going to be given life in the future if it is to be a life of terrible torment?
68 Everyone who is born is caught in the web of sin, is full of wickedness and burdened with guilt.
69 I think it would be better if after death we did not have to face judgment."
70 The angel replied, "When God Most High was creating the world, as well as Adam and his descendants, the first thing he did was to get everything ready for the judgment.
71 So you ought to learn from your own words. You said that your reason grows up with you,
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.