4 Maccabees 18:1-3

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18 O Israelite children, offspring of the seed of Abraham, obey this law and exercise piety in every way, ² knowing that pious reason is master of the passions, not only of sufferings from within but also of those from without.

³ Therefore those who gave over their bodies in suffering for the sake of piety were not only admired by mortals but also were deemed worthy to share in a divine inheritance.