2 Esdras 8:47-49

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴⁷ For you come far short of being able to love my creation more than I love it. But you have often compared yourself^[a] to the unrighteous. Never do so! ⁴⁸ But even in this respect you will be praiseworthy before the Most High, ⁴⁹ because you have humbled yourself, as is becoming for you, and have not considered yourself to be among the righteous. You will receive the greatest glory,