2 Maccabees 6:13–16
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Latin
13In fact, not to let the impious alone for long, but to punish them immediately, is a sign of great kindness. 14For in the case of the other nations the Lord waits patiently to punish them until they have reached the full measure of their sins; but he does not deal in this way with us, 15in order that he may not take vengeance on us afterward when our sins have reached their height. 16Therefore he never withdraws his mercy from us. Though he disciplines us with calamities, he does not forsake his own people.
Copyright 1965, 1966 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America.