20 This circumstance, then, is by no means an objection, that some who have weak reasoning are governed by their emotions, (WEB) 21 since what person, walking religiously by the whole rule of philosophy, and believing in God, (WEB) 22 and knowing that it is a blessed thing to endure all kinds of hardships for virtue, would not, for the sake of religion, master his emotion? (WEB)
4 Maccabees 7:20–22
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4 Maccabees 18:1–3
1 O Israelite children, descendants of the seed of Abraham, obey this law and in every way be religious, (WEB) 2 knowing that religious reasoning is lord of the emotions, and those not only inward but outward. (WEB) 3 Therefore those people who gave up their bodies to pains for… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 1:6–8
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4 Maccabees 6:30–32
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4 Maccabees 7:15–17
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4 Maccabees 2:19–21
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4 Maccabees 13:2–4
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4 Maccabees 1:29–31
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4 Maccabees 16:22–24
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