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4 Maccabees 7:16-18
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 7:16-18
Revised Standard Version
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 every one has full command of his emotions, because not every one has 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,
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