4 Maccabees 5:35-37

Revised Standard Version

³⁵ I will not put you to shame, philosophical reason, nor will I reject you, honored priesthood and knowledge of the law. ³⁶ You, O king, shall^[a] not stain the honorable mouth of my old age, nor my long life lived lawfully. ³⁷ The fathers will receive me as pure, as one who does not fear your violence even to death.