4 Maccabees 7:1
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Our father Eleazar’s godly thinking was like a skilled captain, steering the ship of godly living over the sea of the emotions.
For like a most skilful pilot, the reason of our father Eleazar steered the ship of religion over the sea of the emotions,
For like a most skillful pilot, the reason of our father Eleazar steered the ship of piety over the sea of the passions,
For like a most skilful pilot, the reason of our father Elea′zar steered the ship of religion over the sea of the emotions,
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