2 Esdras 7:11

11 For I made the world for their sake, and when Adam transgressed my statutes, what had been made was judged.

2 Esdras 7:11 In-Context

9 If now that city is given to a man for an inheritance, how will the heir receive his inheritance unless he passes through the danger set before him?"

10 I said, "He cannot, lord." And he said to me, "So also is Israel's portion.

11 For I made the world for their sake, and when Adam transgressed my statutes, what had been made was judged.

12 And so the entrances of this world were made narrow and sorrowful and toilsome; they are few and evil, full of dangers and involved in great hardships.

13 But the entrances of the greater world are broad and safe, and really yield the fruit of immortality.