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4 Maccabees 2:1-3
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 2:1-3
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. 3 For when he was young and in his prime for intercourse, by his reason he nullified the frenzy[b] of the passions.
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- 4 Maccabees 2:2 Other ancient authorities add in reasoning
- 4 Maccabees 2:3 Or gadfly
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