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2 Maccabees 6:12-14
Good News Translation
2 Maccabees 6:12-14
Good News Translation
The Lord Punishes and Shows Mercy
12 I beg you not to become discouraged as you read about the terrible things that happened. Consider that this was the Lord's way of punishing his people, not of destroying them. 13 In fact, it is a sign of kindness to punish a person immediately for his sins, rather than to wait a long time. 14 The Lord does not treat us as he does other nations: he waits patiently until they have become deeply involved in sin before he punishes them,
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