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4 Maccabees 9:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 9:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 Therefore, tyrant, put us to the test, and if you take our lives because of our piety, do not suppose that you can injure us by torturing us. 8 For we, through this severe suffering and endurance, shall have the prizes of virtue and shall be with God, on whose account we suffer;(A) 9 but you, because of your bloodthirstiness toward us, will deservedly undergo from the divine justice eternal torment by fire.”
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