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2 Maccabees 12
2 Maccabees 12:46
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It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.
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2 Maccabees 12:46 In-Context
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(For if he had not hoped that the that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,)
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And because he considered that the who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them.
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It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.
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