4 Maccabees 8:7

7 Trust me, then, and you will have positions of authority in my government if you will renounce the ancestral tradition of your national life.

4 Maccabees 8:7 In-Context

5 "Young men, I admire each and every one of you in a kindly manner, and greatly respect the beauty and the number of such brothers. Not only do I advise you not to display the same madness as that of the old man who has just been tortured, but I also exhort you to yield to me and enjoy my friendship.

6 Just as I am able to punish those who disobey my orders, so I can be a benefactor to those who obey me.

7 Trust me, then, and you will have positions of authority in my government if you will renounce the ancestral tradition of your national life.

8 And enjoy your youth by adopting the Greek way of life and by changing your manner of living.

9 But if by disobedience you rouse my anger, you will compel me to destroy each and every one of you with dreadful punishments through tortures.