4 Maccabees 7:17-19

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Some people might object, “Not everyone has command of the emotions, since not everyone uses wisdom.” ¹⁸ But the people who are fully committed to give God proper respect from the heart are alone able to control the sensations of the body. ¹⁹ This is because they believe that they don’t die to God but rather continue to live for God like the ancestors of our nation, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.