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Read›4 Maccabees›Chapter 2
In 2 translations
- WEB
- For the temperate understanding repels all these malignant emotions, as it does wrath; for it masters even this.
- LXXE
- For the temperate understanding repels all these malignant passions, as it does wrath: for it masters even this.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ κακοήθη πάθη ὁ σώφρων νοῦς ἀπωθεῖται, ὥσπερ καὶ τὸν θυμόν· καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο δεσπόζει.