4 Maccabees 15:23-25

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²³ But devout reason, giving her heart a man’s courage in the very midst of her emotions, strengthened her to disregard, for the time, her parental love.

²⁴ Although she witnessed the destruction of seven children and the ingenious and various rackings, this noble mother disregarded all these^[a] because of faith in God. ²⁵ For as in the council chamber of her own soul she saw mighty advocates—nature, family, parental love, and the rackings of her children—