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4 Maccabees 1:26-28
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 1:26-28
Revised Standard Version
26 In the soul it is boastfulness, covetousness, thirst for honor, rivalry, and malice; 27 in the body, indiscriminate eating, gluttony, and solitary gormandizing.
28 Just as pleasure and pain are two plants growing from the body and the soul, so there are many offshoots of these plants,[a]
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- 4 Maccabees 1:28 Other ancient authorities read these emotions
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
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