This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation 4 Maccabees 1:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20216 For reason does not rule its own passions but those that are opposed to justice, courage, and self-control, and it is not for the purpose of destroying them but so that one may not give way to them. See the chapterCommon English Bible6 The mind doesn’t have control over such things, but it controls the emotions and desires that resist justice, courage, and self-control. And it does this so that we won’t surrender to the emotions, not in order to destroy them. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers6 For reasoning does not rule over its own emotions, but over those that are contrary to justice, courage, temperance, and self-control; and yet over these, so as to withstand, without destroying them. See the chapterWorld English Bible British Edition6 For reasoning does not rule over its own emotions, but over those that are contrary to justice, courage, temperance, and self-control; and yet over these, so as to withstand, without destroying them. See the chapterRevised Standard Version (RSV-CI)6 For reason does not rule its own emotions, but those that are opposed to justice, courage, and self-control; and it is not for the purpose of destroying them, but so that one may not give way to them. See the chapter |