4 Maccabees 2:7
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
Since in what way is a solitary eater, and a glutton, and a drunkard reclaimed, unless it be clear that reasoning is lord of the passions?
Greek · Brenton
Ἐπεὶ τίνα τρόπον μονοφάγος τις ὢν τὸ ἦθος, καὶ γαστρίμαργος, καὶ μέθυσος, μεταπαιδεύεται, εἰ μὴ δῆλον, ὅτι κύριός ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμός;