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4 Maccabees 3:2-4
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 3:2-4
Revised Standard Version
2 No one of us can eradicate that kind of desire, but reason can provide a way for us not to be enslaved by desire. 3 No one of us[a] can eradicate anger from the mind, but reason can help to deal with anger. 4 No one of us can eradicate malice, but reason can fight at our side so that we are not overcome by malice.
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- 4 Maccabees 3:3 Gk you
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