4 Maccabees 2:3
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For, although young, and ripe for sexual intercourse, he abrogated by reasoning the stimulus of his passions.
Greek · Brenton
Νέος γὰρ ὢν καὶ ἀκμάζων πρὸς συνουσιασμὸν ἠκύρωσεν τῷ λογισμῷ τὸν τῶν παθῶν οἶστρον.