4 Maccabees 3:5

5 For reason does not uproot the emotions but is their antagonist.

4 Maccabees 3:5 In-Context

3 No one of us can eradicate anger from the mind, but reason can help to deal with anger.

4 No one of us can eradicate malice, but reason can fight at our side so that we are not overcome by malice.

5 For reason does not uproot the emotions but is their antagonist.

6 Now this can be explained more clearly by the story of King David's thirst.

7 David had been attacking the Philistines all day long, and together with the soldiers of his nation had killed many of them.