2 Maccabees 9:20-22

Common English Bible

²⁰ If you are in good health and your children and affairs are prospering, I give thanks to God with great joy, having hope in heaven, ²¹ remembering with affection your honor and goodwill.^[a] After returning from Persia and falling ill, which created a serious situation, I regarded it as necessary to think of the common safety of all the people. ²² I haven’t abandoned my situation as hopeless but rather hold on to hope that I might recover from the illness.