4 Maccabees 3:2-4

Revised Standard Version

² No one of us can eradicate that kind of desire, but reason can provide a way for us not to be enslaved by desire. ³ No one of us^[a] can eradicate anger from the mind, but reason can help to deal with anger. ⁴ No one of us can eradicate malice, but reason can fight at our side so that we are not overcome by malice.