4 Maccabees 7:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁶ If, therefore, because of piety an aged man despised tortures even to death, most certainly devout reason is governor of the emotions. ¹⁷ Some perhaps might say, ‘Not all have full command of their emotions, because not all have prudent reason.’ ¹⁸ But as many as attend to religion with a whole heart, these alone are able to control the passions of the flesh,