Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
2 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “better” →
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.