4 Maccabees 13:16-18

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¹⁶ Therefore let us put on the full armor of self-control, which is divine reason. ¹⁷ For if we so die,^[a] Abraham and Isaac and Jacob will welcome us, and all the fathers will praise us.” ¹⁸ Those who were left behind said to each of the brothers who were being dragged away, “Do not put us to shame, brother, or betray the brothers who have died before us.”