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4 Maccabees 18:2-4
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 18:2-4
Revised Standard Version
2 knowing that devout reason is master of all emotions, not only of sufferings from within, but also of those from without.
3 Therefore those who gave over their bodies in suffering for the sake of religion were not only admired by men, but also were deemed worthy to share in a divine inheritance. 4 Because of them the nation gained peace, and by reviving observance of the law in the homeland they ravaged the enemy.
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