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4 Maccabees 2:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 2:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 For when he was young and in his prime for intercourse, by reason he nullified the frenzy[a] of the passions.(A) 4 Reason is proved to rule not only over the frenzied urge of sexual desire but also over every desire.[b] 5 Thus the law says, “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or anything that is your neighbor’s.”(B)
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