25 They saw this, too, that those who die for God, live to God, like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the patriarchs. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 16:25
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4 Maccabees 7:18–20
18 But those who have meditated upon religion with their whole heart, these alone can master the emotions of the flesh: (WEB) 19 they who believe that to God they don’t die; for, as our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, they live to God. (WEB) 20 This circumstance, then, is b… (WEB)
Polycarp to the Philippians 9:1–2
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4 Maccabees 17:9–11
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4 Maccabees 17:21–23
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Luke 20:36–38
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4 Maccabees 13:16–18
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2 Maccabees 12:44–45
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4 Maccabees 13:11–13
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