2 Maccabees 12:44 - Catholic Public Domain Version

(for if he had not hoped that those who had fallen would be resurrected, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,)

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If he hadn’t been looking forward to the resurrection of the dead, then it would have been unnecessary and frivolous to pray for them.

(For if he had not hoped that the that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,)

If he had not believed that the dead would be raised, it would have been foolish and useless to pray for them.

For if he wasn’t expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would be superfluous and idle to pray for the dead.

Otherwise, it would have been useless and foolish of him to have spent this money on prayers for the dead.

If he had not believed that the dead would be raised, it would have been foolish and useless to pray for them.

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