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2 Maccabees 6:13-15
Revised Standard Version
2 Maccabees 6:13-15
Revised Standard Version
13 In fact, not to let the impious alone for long, but to punish them immediately, is a sign of great kindness. 14 For in the case of the other nations the Lord waits patiently to punish them until they have reached the full measure of their sins; but he does not deal in this way with us, 15 in order that he may not take vengeance on us afterward when our sins have reached their height.
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