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4 Maccabees 6:32-34
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 6:32-34
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
32 For if the passions had prevailed over reason, we would have testified to their domination. 33 But now that reason has conquered the passions, we properly attribute to it the power to govern. 34 It is right for us to acknowledge the dominance of reason when it masters even external agonies. It would be ridiculous to deny it.[a]
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- 6.34 Syr: Meaning of Gk uncertain
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