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2 Maccabees 7:35-37
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 7:35-37
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
35 You have not yet escaped the judgment of the almighty, all-seeing God. 36 For our brothers, after enduring a brief suffering for everlasting life, have fallen under God’s covenant, but you, by the judgment of God, will receive just punishment for your arrogance.(A) 37 I, like my brothers, give up body and life for the laws of our ancestors, appealing to God to show mercy soon to our nation and by trials and plagues to make you confess that he alone is God,(B)
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