4 Maccabees 1:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁰ For reason is the guide of the virtues, but over the passions it is sovereign. Observe now, first of all, that rational judgment is sovereign over the passions by virtue of the restraining power of self-control.

Common English Bible

³⁰ Clear thinking is the guide of moral character, but it has full power over the emotions. Consider first the way in which clear thinking shows that it is supreme over the emotions through the exercise of self-control.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

³⁰ For reasoning is the leader of the virtues, but it is the sole ruler of the emotions. Observe then first, through the very things which stand in the way of temperance, that reasoning is absolute ruler of the emotions.

World English Bible British Edition

³⁰ For reasoning is the leader of the virtues, but it is the sole ruler of the emotions. Observe then first, through the very things which stand in the way of temperance, that reasoning is absolute ruler of the emotions.

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁰ For reason is the guide of the virtues, but over the emotions it is sovereign. Observe now first of all that rational judgment is sovereign over the emotions by virtue of the restraining power of self-control.

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