4 Maccabees 12:3-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³ ‘You see the result of your brothers’ stupidity, for they died in torments because of their disobedience. ⁴ You too, if you do not obey, will be miserably tortured and die before your time, ⁵ but if you yield to persuasion you will be my friend and a leader in the government of the kingdom.’