2 Esdras 7:13-15

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹³ But the entrances of the greater world are broad and safe, and yield the fruit of immortality. ¹⁴ Therefore unless the living pass through the difficult and futile experiences, they can never receive those things that have been reserved for them. ¹⁵ Now therefore, why are you disturbed, seeing that you are to perish? Why are you moved, seeing that you are mortal?