4 Maccabees 13:3-5

Common English Bible

³ But it didn’t turn out that way at all. Instead, they dominated the emotions through the kind of clear thinking that deserves praise in God’s opinion. ⁴ We can’t fail to notice the mind’s leadership because they had power over both emotions and pain. ⁵ How can anyone not recognize the ability of good thinking to govern the emotions in such people as these, since they didn’t turn away from the severe pain of fire?