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4 Maccabees 18:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 18:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 knowing that pious reason is master of the passions, 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 piety were not only admired by mortals 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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