Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 8:20
Source: Septuagint
Original
20And let us bear in mind that we shall be dying as rebels.
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18Shall we not fear, O brethren, the instruments of torture, and weigh the threatenings of torment, and shun this vainglory and destructive pride?
19Let us have compassion upon our age and relent over the years of our mother.
— 4 Maccabees 8:20 —
21And Divine Justice will pardon us if we fear the king through necessity.
22Why withdraw ourselves from a most sweet life, and deprive ourselves of this pleasant world?