4 Maccabees 7:19

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:

— 4 Maccabees 7:19 —

²⁰This circumstance, then, is by no means an objection, that some who have weak reasoning, are governed by their passions:

²¹since what person, walking religiously by the whole rule of philosophy, and believing in God,