4 Maccabees 17:12
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For at that time virtue presided over the contest, approving the victory through endurance, namely, immortality, eternal life.
Greek · Brenton
Ἠθλότει γὰρ τότε ἀρετὴ διʼ ὑπομονῆς δοκιμάζουσα τὸ νῖκος ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ ἐν ζωῇ πολυχρονίῳ.