Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 7:16
Source: Septuagint
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16If, then, an old man, through religion, despised tortures even unto death, confessedly religious reasoning is ruler of the passions.
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14By the spirit of reasoning, and the reasoning of Isaac, he rendered powerless the many-headed instrument.
15O blessed old age, and reverend hoar head, and life obedient to the law, which the faithful seal of death perfected.
— 4 Maccabees 7:16 —
17But perhaps some might say, It is not all who conquer passions, as all do not possess wise reasoning.
18But they who have meditated upon religion with their whole heart, these alone can master the passions of the flesh: