4 Maccabees 6:19-21

Common English Bible

¹⁹ We would become an example of ungodly behavior for the younger people, and pave the way for them to eat forbidden food. ²⁰ It would be a disgrace for us to become a joke for our lack of courage, just to survive a little longer. ²¹ This tyrant would look down on us as cowards because we weren’t willing to defend the divine Law to the point of death.