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4 Maccabees 2:1-2
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 2:1-2
Revised Standard Version
Compatibility of the Law with Reason
2 And why is it amazing that the desires of the mind for the enjoyment of beauty are rendered powerless? 2 It is for this reason, certainly, that the temperate Joseph is praised, because by mental effort[a] he overcame sexual desire.
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- 4 Maccabees 2:2 Other ancient authorities add in reasoning
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