4 Maccabees 18:2-4

Revised Standard Version

² knowing that devout reason is master of all emotions, not only of sufferings from within, but also of those from without.

³ Therefore those who gave over their bodies in suffering for the sake of religion were not only admired by men, but also were deemed worthy to share in a divine inheritance. ⁴ Because of them the nation gained peace, and by reviving observance of the law in the homeland they ravaged the enemy.