Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 8:19
Source: Septuagint
Original
19Let us have compassion upon our age and relent over the years of our mother.
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17Why do we cheer ourselves with vain counsels, and venture upon a disobedience bringing death?
18Shall we not fear, O brethren, the instruments of torture, and weigh the threatenings of torment, and shun this vainglory and destructive pride?
— 4 Maccabees 8:19 —
20And let us bear in mind that we shall be dying as rebels.
21And Divine Justice will pardon us if we fear the king through necessity.