4 Maccabees 8:24

24 Let us not struggle against compulsion nor take hollow pride in being put to the rack.

4 Maccabees 8:24 In-Context

22 Also, divine justice will excuse us for fearing the king when we are under compulsion.

23 Why do we banish ourselves from this most pleasant life and deprive ourselves of this delightful world?

24 Let us not struggle against compulsion nor take hollow pride in being put to the rack.

25 Not even the law itself would arbitrarily slay us for fearing the instruments of torture.

26 Why does such contentiousness excite us and such a fatal stubbornness please us, when we can live in peace if we obey the king?"