4 Maccabees 13:3-5

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³ But in fact it was not so. Instead, by reason, which is praised before God, they prevailed over their emotions. ⁴ The supremacy of the mind over these cannot be overlooked, for the brothers^[a] mastered both emotions and pains. ⁵ How then can one fail to confess the sovereignty of right reason over emotion in those who were not turned back by fiery agonies?