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Why are we eager to fight a losing battle or so interested in being stubborn when we know it will kill us? We can enjoy a trouble-free life if we just obey the king!"
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Let's not fight against fate or take hollow pride in being tortured.
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The Law itself would have difficulty giving us the death penalty since we sin out of fear of these instruments.
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Why are we eager to fight a losing battle or so interested in being stubborn when we know it will kill us? We can enjoy a trouble-free life if we just obey the king!"
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Even though these young men were about to be tortured, they didn't say or even think about such things.
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They held their emotions in check and had full control over their pain.