4 Maccabees 9:6-8

Revised Standard Version

⁶ And if the aged men of the Hebrews because of their religion lived piously^[a] while enduring torture, it would be even more fitting that we young men should die despising your coercive tortures, which our aged instructor also overcame. ⁷ Therefore, tyrant, put us to the test; and if you take our lives because of our religion, do not suppose that you can injure us by torturing us. ⁸ For we, through this severe suffering and endurance, shall have the prize of virtue and shall be with God, for whom we suffer;