4 Maccabees 16:18-20

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Remember that you have had a place in this world and enjoyed life only because of God. ¹⁹ Because of this, you owe it to God to put up with any distress for his sake. ²⁰ This is why our father Abraham moved quickly to sacrifice Isaac his son, who was supposed to become the father of a nation. Isaac also didn’t shrink back when he saw the sword in his father’s hand bearing down on him.