4 Maccabees 7:17-19

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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) 19} since they believe that they, like our patriarchs Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, do not die to God but live to God.^(B)