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2 Maccabees 6:25-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 6:25-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 and through my pretense, for the sake of living a brief moment longer, they would be led astray because of me, while I defile and disgrace my old age. 26 Even if for the present I would avoid the punishment of mortals, yet whether I live or die I will not escape the hands of the Almighty.(A) 27 Therefore, by bravely giving up my life now, I will show myself worthy of my old age
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