4 Maccabees 3:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ This notion is entirely ridiculous; for it is evident that reason rules not over its own emotions, but over those of the body.

Common English Bible

¹ 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

¹ 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

¹ The argument is exceedingly ridiculous, for reasoning doesn’t appear to rule over its own affections, but over those of the body,

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ But this argument is entirely ridiculous, for it is evident that reason rules not over its own passions but over those of the body.

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