Verse 1

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and a kind of immorality that is not even found among the Gentiles—a man is sleeping with his father’s wife.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Det rapporteres ofte at det forekommer utukt blant dere, en utukt som verken er blitt omtalt blant hedningene, at en skulle ha sin fars kone.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Det rapporteres at det forekommer seksuell umoral blant dere, en slik umoral som ikke engang nevnes blant nasjonene, slik at noen har sin fars kone.

• Norsk King James

  Det er vanlig å høre at det er seksuell umoral blant dere, en slik synd som knapt er nevnt blant hedningene, at en mann har sin fars kone.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det sies at det er umoral blant dere - en umoral som ikke engang finnes blant hedningene, nemlig at en mann lever med sin fars kone.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Det er faktisk rapportert at det er utukt blant dere, og slik utukt som ikke engang nevnes blant hedningene, at en mann har sin fars kone.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Det blir sagt at det finnes umoral blant dere, og en slik umoral som ikke engang blir nevnt blant folkene, nemlig at en mann har sin fars kone.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det er blitt alminnelig kjent at det finnes utukt blant dere, og det en slik utukt som ikke engang nevnes blant hedningene, nemlig at en mann har sin fars kone.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Det ryktes allment at det foregår utukt blant dere, en utukt som ikke engang blir nevnt blant hedningene – at en mann skal ha sin fars kone.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Det fortelles overalt at det finnes hor blant dere, og av et slikt slag som ikke engang nevnes blant hedningene, nemlig at en mann har sin fars kone.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Det fortelles overalt at det finnes hor blant dere, og av et slikt slag som ikke engang nevnes blant hedningene, nemlig at en mann har sin fars kone.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Det er allment kjent at det er seksuell umoral blant dere, en type umoral som ikke engang nevnes blant hedningene, nemlig at noen har sin fars kone.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Generelt er det blitt rapportert blant dere om seksuell umoral, ja en slik type umoral som ikke engang blir nevnt blant hedningene, nemlig at en mann har sin fars kone.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Der høres end ydermere om Horeri iblandt eder, og saadant Horeri, som end ikke nævnes iblandt Hedningerne, saa at En haver sin Faders Hustru.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det blir ofte rapportert om at det er utukt blant dere, og en slik utukt som man ikke engang finner blant hedningene, nemlig at en mann lever med sin fars kone.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  It is commonly reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that a man has his father's wife.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Det er faktisk rapportert om seksuell umoral blant dere, en type umoral som selv ikke nevnes blant hedningene, at en mann har sin fars kone.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Det er blitt kjent blant dere om umoral, en sånn umoral som ikke engang er nevnt blant folkeslagene – at en mann har sin fars kone!

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Det er faktisk rapportert at det finnes hor blant dere, og slik hor som ikke engang finnes blant hedningene, at en av dere har sin fars kone.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det sies faktisk at det er blant dere en kjødelig synd som ikke engang sees blant hedningene, at en av dere har sin fars kone.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  There goeth a comen sayinge that ther is fornicacion amoge you and soche fornicacion as is not once named amonge the gentyls: that one shuld have his fathers wyfe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  There goeth a commen reporte, that there is whordome amoge you, and soch whordome, as is not once named amoge the Heythen, that one shulde haue his fathers wife.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  It is heard certainely that there is fornication among you: and such fornication as is not once named among the Gentiles, that one should haue his fathers wife.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  There goeth a common saying that there is fornication among you, & suche fornication as is not named among the gentiles: that one shoulde haue his fathers wyfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ It is reported commonly [that there is] fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father's wife.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations -- as that one hath the wife of the father! --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one [of you] hath his father's wife.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father's wife.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Church Discipline It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father’s wife.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 18:8 : 8 Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; that would dishonor your father.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowardly, the unbelieving, the detestable, murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
• Acts 15:20 : 20 Instead, we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, sexual immorality, meat that has been strangled, and blood.
• Acts 15:29 : 29 that you abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.
• 2 Cor 12:21 : 21 I fear that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will grieve over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality they have practiced.
• Gal 5:19 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,
• Eph 5:3 : 3 But sexual immorality, all impurity, or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.
• Col 3:5 : 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
• 1 Thess 4:7 : 7 For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.
• Rev 2:21 : 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.
• 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler. With such a person, do not even eat.
• 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who practice homosexuality,
• 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will destroy both one and the other. The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
• 1 Cor 6:18 : 18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the one who sins sexually sins against their own body.
• Deut 27:20 : 20 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has dishonored his father's bed. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
• 1 Sam 2:24 : 24 ‘No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the LORD’s people is not good.’
• 2 Sam 16:22 : 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
• 2 Sam 20:3 : 3 When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the house and placed them in confinement, providing for them but no longer going to them. They remained confined like widows until the day of their death.
• 1 Chr 5:1 : 1 The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel—although he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, because he defiled his father’s bed. He is not counted as the firstborn in the records.
• Jer 2:33 : 33 How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women you have taught your ways.
• Ezek 16:47 : 47 You not only followed their ways and acted according to their detestable practices but in a very short time, you became more depraved than they were in all your ways.
• Ezek 16:51-52 : 51 Samaria did not sin as much as you did. You multiplied your abominations more than they did, and your actions have justified your sisters in comparison to all your abominations. 52 Now bear your disgrace as you have judged your sisters. Because your sins were more abominable than theirs, they appear more righteous than you. So, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you have justified your sisters.
• Ezek 22:10 : 10 In you, they have dishonored their fathers' nakedness; they have violated women during their impurity.
• Amos 2:7 : 7 'They trample on the dust of the earth on the heads of the poor and obstruct the way of the afflicted. A man and his father go to the same girl, so that they profane My holy name.'
• 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 So even though I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong or for the sake of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you, in the sight of God, your earnestness on our behalf.
• Lev 20:11 : 11 If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
• Gen 35:22 : 22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went and slept with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it. Now Jacob had twelve sons:
• Gen 37:2 : 2 This is the account of Jacob: Joseph, a seventeen-year-old youth, was shepherding the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought a bad report about them to their father.
• Gen 49:4 : 4 'Unstable as water, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father's bed; you defiled it—he went up onto my couch.'
• 1 Cor 1:11 : 11 For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers and sisters, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are quarrels among you.