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4 Maccabees 2:1-3
Common English Bible
4 Maccabees 2:1-3
Common English Bible
2 So why is it surprising when the soul’s desire to join with something beautiful is defeated? 2 Joseph, an example of self-control, is praised for this very thing.He had full control over his sexual desire through mental effort. 3 Although he was a young man in his sexual prime, he defeated his sexual urges[a] with clear thinking.
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- 4 Maccabees 2:3 Or he swatted the gadfly of his urges.
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