4 Maccabees 1:1
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CEB
I’m about to prove a most important philosophical principle: godly thinking is supreme over emotions and desires. I would be giving you good advice then to pay close attention to philosophy.
NRSVA
The subject that I am about to discuss is most philosophical, that is, whether devout reason is sovereign over the emotions. So it is right for me to advise you to pay earnest attention to philosophy.
NRSVUE
(d) The following book appears in an appendix to the Greek Bible. The subject that I am about to discuss is most philosophical, that is, whether pious reason is sovereign over the passions. So it is right for me to advise you to pay earnest attention to philosophy.
RSV
The subject that I am about to discuss is most philosophical, that is, whether devout reason is sovereign over the emotions. So it is right for me to advise you to pay earnest attention to philosophy.
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