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4 Maccabees 11:4-6
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 11:4-6
Revised Standard Version
4 Hater of virtue, hater of mankind, for what act of ours are you destroying us in this way? 5 Is it because[a] we revere the Creator of all things and live according to his virtuous law? 6 But these deeds deserve honors, not tortures.”[b]
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- 4 Maccabees 11:5 Other ancient authorities read Or does it seem evil to you that
- 4 Maccabees 11:6 Other authorities add verses 7 and 8: 7 If of course you had human feelings and had hope of salvation from God— 8 but, as it is, you are a stranger to God and persecute those who serve him.”
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