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2 Maccabees 12:45
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 Maccabees 12:45
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
45 But if he was looking to the splendid reward that is laid up for those who fall asleep in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. Therefore he made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin.[a]
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- 12.45 Vulgate has (verses 45-46): “45 And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness bad great grace laid up for them. 46 It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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