4 Maccabees 7:2-4

Common English Bible

² Although the tyrant’s storms beat against the ship and the powerful waves of torture crashed over its decks, ³ Eleazar kept the rudder of godly living straight until he sailed into the harbor of immortal victory. ⁴ No city under siege and attacked by every kind of cleverly devised machine has ever held out like that completely holy man did. Torture and racks ravaged his holy soul, but he conquered his opponents by using godly thinking to protect his commitment to godliness.