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4 Maccabees 2
4 Maccabees 2:3
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4 Maccabees 2:3
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For when he was young and in his prime for intercourse, by his reason he nullified the frenzy of the passions.
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4 Maccabees 2:3 In-Context
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And why is it amazing that the desires of the mind for the enjoyment of beauty are rendered powerless?
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It is for this reason, certainly, that the temperate Joseph is praised, because by mental effort he overcame sexual desire.
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For when he was young and in his prime for intercourse, by his reason he nullified the frenzy of the passions.
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Not only is reason proved to rule over the frenzied urge of sexual desire, but also over every desire.
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Thus the law says, "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife or anything that is your neighbor's."
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New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.