Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 8:22
Source: Septuagint
Original
22Why withdraw ourselves from a most sweet life, and deprive ourselves of this pleasant world?
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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.
— 4 Maccabees 8:22 —
23Let us not oppose necessity, nor seek vainglory by our own excruciation.
24The law itself is not forward to put us to death, if we dread torture.