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4 Maccabees 8:22-24
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
4 Maccabees 8:22-24
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
22 Also, divine justice will excuse us for fearing the king when we are under compulsion. 23 Why do we banish ourselves from this most pleasant life and deprive ourselves of this delightful world? 24 Let us not struggle against compulsion[a] or take hollow pride in being put to the rack.
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- 4 Maccabees 8:24 Or fate
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
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