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2 Maccabees 7:22-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 7:22-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 “I do not know how you came into being in my womb. It was not I who gave you life and breath nor I who set in order the elements within each of you.(A) 23 Therefore the Creator of the world, who shaped the beginning of humankind and devised the origin of all things, in his mercy gives life and breath back to you again, since you now forget yourselves for the sake of his laws.”(B)
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