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4 Maccabees 7:14-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 7:14-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 in spirit through reason, and by reason like that of Isaac he rendered the many-headed rack ineffective. 15 O man of blessed age and of venerable gray hair and of law-abiding life, whom the faithful seal of death has perfected!
16 If, therefore, because of piety an aged man despised tortures even to death, most certainly pious reason is governor of the passions.
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