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4 Maccabees 6:33-35
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 6:33-35
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
33 But now that reason has conquered the passions, we properly attribute to it the power to govern. 34 It is right for us to acknowledge the dominance of reason when it masters even external agonies. It would be ridiculous to deny it.[a] 35 I have proved not only that reason has mastered agonies but also that it masters pleasures and in no respect yields to them.
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- 6.34 Syr: Meaning of Gk uncertain
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