4 Maccabees 5:24

24 it instructs us in justice, so that in all our dealings we act impartially, and it teaches us piety, so that with proper reverence we worship the only real God.

4 Maccabees 5:24 In-Context

22 You scoff at our philosophy as though living by it were irrational,

23 but it teaches us self-control, so that we master all pleasures and desires, and it also trains us in courage, so that we endure any suffering willingly;

24 it instructs us in justice, so that in all our dealings we act impartially, and it teaches us piety, so that with proper reverence we worship the only real God.

25 "Therefore we do not eat defiling food; for since we believe that the law was established by God, we know that in the nature of things the Creator of the world in giving us the law has shown sympathy toward us.

26 He has permitted us to eat what will be most suitable for our lives, but he has forbidden us to eat meats that would be contrary to this.