6 Put confidence in me, then, and you will receive places of authority in my government, if you forsake your national way of life, (WEB) 7 and, conforming to the Greek way of life, alter your rule and revel in youth’s delights. (WEB) 8 For if you provoke me by your disobedience, you will compel me to destroy every one of you with terrible punishments by tortures. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 8:6–8
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4 Maccabees 12:4–6
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4 Maccabees 5:37–38
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4 Maccabees 9:31–32
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2 Maccabees 11:18–20
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