4 Maccabees 7:19-21

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁹ since they believe that they, like our patriarchs Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, do not die to God, but live to God. ²⁰ No contradiction therefore arises when some persons appear to be dominated by their emotions because of the weakness of their reason. ²¹ What person who lives as a philosopher by the whole rule of philosophy, and trusts in God,