14 But he said to them, “You don’t have a fire so scorching as to make me play the coward. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 10:14
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Deuteronomy 1:28–30
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4 Maccabees 9:16–18
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4 Maccabees 11:25–27
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1 Maccabees 3:21–23
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Wisdom of Solomon 2:19–21
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Job 9:34–35
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4 Maccabees 13:9–11
9 “Brothers, may we die brotherly for the law. Let us imitate the three young men in Assyria who despised the equally afflicting furnace. (WEB) 10 Let’s not be cowards in the manifestation of piety.” (WEB) 11 One said, “Courage, brother!” and another, “Nobly endure!” (WEB)
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