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2 Maccabees 1:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" May God do good to you, and remember his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants, "
2 Maccabees 1:2
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
1 The kindred, the Jews who are in Jerusalem and those who are in the country of Judea, send greetings and good peace to the kindred, the Jews who are throughout Egypt.
2 May God do good to you, and remember his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants,
3 and give you all a heart to worship him and do his will with a strong heart and a willing soul.
4 May God open your heart to his law and his statutes, and make peace,
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2 Maccabees 1:1
"The kindred, the Jews who are in Jerusalem and those who are in the country of Judea, send greetings and good peace to the kindred, the Jews who are throughout Egypt."
2 Maccabees 1:3
"and give you all a heart to worship him and do his will with a strong heart and a willing soul."
2 Maccabees 1:4
"May God open your heart to his law and his statutes, and make peace,"
2 Maccabees 1:5
"and listen to your requests, and be reconciled with you, and not forsake you in an evil time."
2 Maccabees 1:6
"Now we are praying for you here."
2 Maccabees 1:7
"In the reign of Demetrius, in the one hundred sixty-ninth year, we the Jews have already written to you in the suffering and in the distress that has come upon us in these years, from the time that Jason and his company revolted from the holy land and the kingdom,"
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