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 5:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)18 Even if, as you suppose, our law were not truly divine and we had wrongly held it to be divine, not even so would it be right for us to invalidate our reputation for piety. See the chapterCommon English Bible18 “Even if, as you assume, our Law were not truly divine and we were wrong to think it is divine, even then it would be wrong for us to ruin our reputation for our godly way of life. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers18 Indeed, were our law (as you suppose) not truly divine, and if we wrongly think it divine, we would have no right even in that case to destroy our sense of religion. See the chapterWorld English Bible British Edition18 Indeed, were our law (as you suppose) not truly divine, and if we wrongly think it divine, we would have no right even in that case to destroy our sense of religion. See the chapterNew Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 202118 Even if, as you suppose, our law were not truly divine and we had wrongly held it to be divine, not even so would it be right for us to invalidate our reputation for piety. See the chapter |