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Read›4 Maccabees›Chapter 3
In 2 translations
- WEB
- and to wrestle down the pains of the body, however excessive, and through the excellency of reasoning, to spurn all the assaults of the emotions.
- LXXE
- and to wrestle down the pains of the body, however excessive; and, through the excellency of reasoning, to abominate all the assaults of the passions.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- καὶ τῆς καλοκᾳγαθίας τοῦ λογισμοῦ ἀποπτῦσαι πάσας τὰς τῶν παθῶν ἐπικρατείας.