2 Esdras 8:47-49

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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 deemed yourself to be among the righteous in order to receive^[b] the greatest glory.