4 Maccabees 10:13-15

Common English Bible

¹³ “Don’t show the same craziness as your brothers. Obey the king and save yourself!”

¹⁴ He replied, “You don’t have a fire hot enough to turn me into a coward. ¹⁵ I swear by the privileged deaths my brothers have suffered, by the eternal curse that will come on the tyrant, and by the everlasting life of those who love God: I will not deny my ties with my dignified brothers!