4 Maccabees 13:4

4 We can't fail to notice the mind's leadership because they had power over both emotions and pain.

4 Maccabees 13:4 In-Context

2 If they had shown that they were slaves to their emotions by eating the polluting food, we would have admitted that they were conquered by the emotions.
3 But it didn't turn out that way at all. Instead, they dominated the emotions through the kind of clear thinking that deserves praise in God's opinion.
4 We can't fail to notice the mind's leadership because they had power over both emotions and pain.
5 How can anyone not recognize the ability of good thinking to govern the emotions in such people as these, since they didn't turn away from the severe pain of fire?
6 The towers at the entrance of harbors hold back the crashing waves and make a calm place for sailors entering the harbor.
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