1 Maccabees 2:50-52

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

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 honour and an everlasting name. ⁵² Was not Abraham found faithful when tested, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness?