4 Maccabees 5:15-17

Revised Standard Version

¹⁵ When he had received permission to speak, he began to address the people as follows: ¹⁶ “We, O Anti′ochus, who have been persuaded to govern our lives by the divine law, think that there is no compulsion more powerful than our obedience to the law. ¹⁷ Therefore we consider that we should not transgress it in any respect.