Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Remember what our ancestors did and how much they accomplished in their day. Follow their example, and you will be rewarded with great glory and undying fame. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 2:49Now 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: 1 Maccabees 2:50 Now, therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers. 1 Maccabees 2:52 Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was reputed to him unto justice? 1 Maccabees 2:53 Joseph, in the time of his distress, kept the commandment, and he was made lord of Egypt. Context 1 Maccabees 2…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. 52Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was reputed to him unto justice?… Cross References 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 2:50 Now, therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers. 1 Maccabees 2:52 Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was reputed to him unto justice? 1 Maccabees 2:53 Joseph, in the time of his distress, kept the commandment, and he was made lord of Egypt. |
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