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4 Maccabees 13:1-2
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 13:1-2
Revised Standard Version
Reason’s Sovereignty in the Seven
13 Since, then, the seven brothers despised sufferings even unto death, everyone must concede that devout reason is sovereign over the emotions. 2 For if they had been slaves to their emotions and had eaten defiling food, we would say that they had been conquered by these emotions.
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