4 Maccabees 9:7-9

Common English Bible

⁷ So put us to the test, tyrant! Even if you are able to kill us because of our godly character, don’t think that you can truly harm us by these tortures. ⁸ We will gain the awards of moral character through this suffering, and we will be with God, for whose sake we suffer. ⁹ You, however, will be tortured forever by divine justice, as your cruel thirst for blood deserves.”