4 Maccabees 13:17

¹⁵for great is the trial of soul and danger of eternal torment laid up for those who transgress the commandment of God.

¹⁶Let us arm ourselves, therefore, in the abnegation of the divine reasoning.

— 4 Maccabees 13:17 —

¹⁸And as each one of the brethren was haled away, the rest exclaimed, Disgrace us not, O brother, nor falsify those who have died before you.

¹⁹Now you are not ignorant of the charm of brotherhood, which the Divine and all-wise Providence has imparted through fathers to children, and has engendered through the mother’s womb.