4 Maccabees 7:16-18

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