4 Maccabees 7:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ If, therefore, because of piety an aged man despised tortures even to death, most certainly pious reason is governor of the passions.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So if an old man thought nothing of being tortured to death for the sake of showing God proper respect, without question godly thinking is the commander of the emotions.

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

¹⁶ If, then, an old man, through religion, despised tortures even to death, then certainly religious reasoning is ruler of the emotions.

World English Bible British Edition

¹⁶ If, then, an old man, through religion, despised tortures even to death, then certainly religious reasoning is ruler of the emotions.

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ If, therefore, because of piety an aged man despised tortures even to death, most certainly devout reason is governor of the emotions.

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