1 Maccabees 2:50-52

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⁵⁰ Now, my children, show zeal for the law and give your lives for the covenant of our ancestors.

⁵¹ “Remember the deeds of the ancestors, which they did in their generations, and you will receive great honor and an everlasting name.^{(A) 52} Was not Abraham found faithful when tested, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness?^(B)