Verse 1

See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him.

Other Translations

  • Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

    Se, hvilken kjærlighet Faderen har gitt oss, at vi skal kalles Guds barn! Derfor kjenner ikke verden oss, fordi den ikke kjente ham.

  • NT, oversatt fra gresk

    Se på hvilken stor kjærlighet Faderen har vist oss, så vi kan kalles Guds barn! Derfor kjenner ikke verden oss, fordi den ikke har kjent ham.

  • Norsk King James

    Se, hvilken kjærlighet Faderen har vist oss, at vi skal kalles Guds barn; derfor kjenner ikke verden oss, fordi den ikke kjenner ham.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Se, hvor stor kjærlighet Faderen har vist oss, at vi kan kalles Guds barn! Derfor kjenner ikke verden oss, fordi den ikke kjenner ham.

  • KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

    Se hvilken kjærlighet Faderen har gitt oss, at vi skal kalles Guds barn: derfor kjenner ikke verden oss, fordi den ikke kjente ham.

  • Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

    Se hvilken kjærlighet Faderen har gitt oss, at vi skal kalles Guds barn. Derfor kjenner ikke verden oss, fordi den ikke har kjent ham.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Se, hvilken kjærlighet Faderen har gitt oss, at vi skal kalles Guds barn: derfor kjenner verden oss ikke, fordi den ikke kjente ham.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Se, hvor stor kjærlighet Faderen har vist oss, at vi kalles Guds barn. Derfor kjenner ikke verden oss, fordi den ikke kjente Ham.

  • gpt4.5-preview

    Se hvilken kjærlighet Faderen har vist oss, at vi skal kalles Guds barn! Derfor kjenner verden oss ikke, fordi den ikke kjente ham.

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

    Se hvilken kjærlighet Faderen har vist oss, at vi skal kalles Guds barn! Derfor kjenner verden oss ikke, fordi den ikke kjente ham.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Se hvilken kjærlighet Faderen har gitt oss, at vi skulle kalles Guds barn. Derfor kjenner ikke verden oss, fordi den ikke har kjent ham.

  • NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

    Se hvilken stor kjærlighet Faderen har vist oss, at vi skal kalles Guds barn! Derfor kjenner ikke verden oss, fordi den ikke har kjent ham.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Seer, hvor stor en Kjærlighed Faderen haver beviist os, at vi skulle kaldes Guds Børn! Derfor kjender Verden os ikke, fordi den kjender ham ikke.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Se, hvilken kjærlighet Faderen har gitt oss, at vi skal kalles Guds barn. Derfor kjenner verden oss ikke, fordi den ikke kjente ham.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Se hvilken stor kjærlighet Faderen har gitt oss, at vi skulle kalles Guds barn! Verden kjenner oss ikke av den grunn, fordi den ikke kjente ham.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Se hvilken kjærlighet Faderen har gitt oss, at vi skal kalles Guds barn; derfor kjenner ikke verden oss, fordi den ikke har kjent ham.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Se hvilken kjærlighet Faderen har gitt oss, at vi skal kalles Guds barn; og det er vi. Derfor kjenner ikke verden oss, fordi den ikke kjente ham.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Se hvilken stor kjærlighet Faderen har vist oss ved å kalle oss Guds barn; og det er vi. Av denne grunn kjenner ikke verden oss, fordi den ikke kjente ham.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Beholde what love the father hath shewed on vs that we shuld be called the sonnes of god. For this cause the worlde knoweth you not because it knoweth not him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Beholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs, yt we shulde be called the childre of God. Therfore ye worlde knoweth you not, because it knoweth not him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Beholde, what loue the Father hath giuen to vs, that we should be called the sonnes of God: for this cause this world knoweth you not, because it knoweth not him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Beholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs, that we shoulde be called the sonnes of god: For this cause the worlde knoweth you not, because it knoweth not hym.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    (See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

Referenced Verses

  • John 1:12 : 12 Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
  • Gal 4:5-6 : 5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father.'
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And, 'I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty.
  • John 17:25 : 25 Righteous Father, though the world has not known You, I have known You, and they have known that You sent Me.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
  • Ps 36:7-9 : 7 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains; your judgments are like the great depths; O Lord, you preserve both man and beast. 8 How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings. 9 They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  • Eph 3:18-19 : 18 may have strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. But you do not belong to the world, for I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all—how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?
  • Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As he says in Hosea: 'I will call those who were not my people, ‘My people,’ and her who was not beloved, ‘Beloved.’' 26 And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, 5 made us alive together with Christ, even when we were dead in our transgressions—by grace you have been saved.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be their God, and they will be My child.
  • Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. 15 You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, 'Abba, Father.' 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings so that we may also share in His glory.
  • Rom 8:21 : 21 that the creation itself will also be liberated from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God's children.
  • Ps 89:1-2 : 1 A contemplation by Ethan the Ezrahite. 2 I will sing of the LORD's steadfast love forever; I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations with my mouth.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 I myself said, “How gladly would I treat you like my children and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.” I thought you would call me 'Father' and not turn away from following me.
  • 2 Sam 7:19 : 19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord GOD. You have also spoken of your servant's house for a long time to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord GOD!
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 Let lying lips be silenced, those that speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.