4 Maccabees 3:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But this argument is entirely ridiculous, for it is evident that reason rules not over its own passions but over those of the body. Common English Bible clear thinking doesn’t appear to have control over its own tendencies, but it does control those emotions that come from the body. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers The argument is exceedingly ridiculous, for reasoning doesn’t appear to rule over its own affections, but over those of the body, World English Bible British Edition The argument is exceedingly ridiculous, for reasoning doesn’t appear to rule over its own affections, but over those of the body, Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) This notion is entirely ridiculous; for it is evident that reason rules not over its own emotions, but over those of the body. |