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LXX2012

4 Maccabees 3:2

in such a way as that any one of you may not be able to root out desire, but reasoning will enable you to avoid being enslaved to it.

Parallel Translations

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in such a way as that any one of you may not be able to root out desire, but reasoning will enable you to avoid being enslaved to it.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
WEBView canonical →
in such a way as that any one of you may not be able to root out desire, but reasoning will enable you to avoid being enslaved to it.
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