4 Maccabees 3:1
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CEB
clear thinking doesn’t appear to have control over its own tendencies, but it does control those emotions that come from the body.
NRSVA
But this argument is entirely ridiculous; for it is evident that reason rules not over its own emotions, but over those of the body.
NRSVUE
But this argument is entirely ridiculous, for it is evident that reason rules not over its own passions but over those of the body.
RSV
This notion is entirely ridiculous; for it is evident that reason rules not over its own emotions, but over those of the body.
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