Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But you, my sons, must be devoted to the Law and ready to die to defend God's covenant with our ancestors. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Now, therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers. 1 Maccabees 2:48And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner. 1 Maccabees 2:49 Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation: 1 Maccabees 2:51 And call to remembrance the works of the fathers, which they have done in their generations: and you shall receive great glory, and an everlasting name. 1 Maccabees 2:52 Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was reputed to him unto justice? Context 1 Maccabees 2…49Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation: 50Now, therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers. 51And call to remembrance the works of the fathers, which they have done in their generations: and you shall receive great glory, and an everlasting name.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 2:48 And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner. 1 Maccabees 2:49 Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation: 1 Maccabees 2:51 And call to remembrance the works of the fathers, which they have done in their generations: and you shall receive great glory, and an everlasting name. 1 Maccabees 2:52 Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was reputed to him unto justice? |