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4 Maccabees 1:7-9
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 1:7-9
Revised Standard Version
7 I could prove to you from many and various examples that reason[a] is dominant over the emotions, 8 but I can demonstrate it best from the noble bravery of those who died for the sake of virtue, Elea′zar and the seven brothers and their mother. 9 All of these, by despising sufferings that bring death, demonstrated that reason controls the emotions.
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- 4 Maccabees 1:7 Other ancient authorities read devout reason
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