Verse 14

We are not overextending ourselves, as though we had not reached you. For we were the first to come to you with the gospel of Christ.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For vi strekker ikke ut oss selv utover vår målestokk, som om vi ikke skulle nå til dere; for vi har nådd så langt som til dere også i forkynnelsen av Kristi evangelium.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For vi strekker oss ikke over mål i vårt budskap til dere, siden vi har nådd så langt med evangeliet om Kristus.

• Norsk King James

  For vi overskrider ikke vårt mål, som om vi ikke nådde frem til dere; for vi har kommet så langt som til dere også i forkynnelsen av Kristi evangelium.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vi går ikke utenfor vår grense, som om vi ikke har nådd dere, for vi har også kommet til dere med Kristi evangelium.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For vi strekker oss ikke for langt, som om vi ikke nådde til dere, for vi er kommet så langt som til dere også i forkynnelsen av Kristi evangelium;

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For vi går ikke ut over vårt område, som om vi ikke hadde nådd helt frem til dere, for vi kom faktisk først til dere med Kristi evangelium.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vi strekker oss ikke lengre enn vi bør, som om vi ikke nådde frem til dere, for vi har nådd frem til dere også med evangeliet om Kristus.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For vi strekker oss ikke ut over vår evne, som om vi ikke hadde nådd dere; for vi har også kommet like langt for å forkynne evangeliet om Kristus:

• gpt4.5-preview

  For vi strekker oss ikke lenger enn vårt mål, som om vi aldri hadde kommet fram til dere; for vi er også kommet helt fram til dere med Kristi evangelium.

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

  For vi strekker oss ikke lenger enn vårt mål, som om vi aldri hadde kommet fram til dere; for vi er også kommet helt fram til dere med Kristi evangelium.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For vi strekker oss ikke for langt, som om vi ikke nådde fram til dere. Vi nådde jo også dere med Kristi evangelium.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For det er ikke slik at vi har strukket oss ut over våre grenser, som om vi ikke hadde nådd frem til dere, for vi er kommet helt frem til dere med evangeliet om Kristus.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi vi overskride ei vor Grændse, som de, der ikke have naaet til eder; thi ogsaa til eder ere vi komne i Christi Evangelium;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For vi strekker oss ikke forbi vårt mål, som om vi aldri hadde nådd dere, for vi har jo kommet så langt som til dere med Kristi evangelium.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For we do not extend ourselves beyond our measure, as though we did not reach to you: for we have come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vi strekker oss ikke for langt, som om vi ikke har nådd dere. For vi kom like til dere med Kristi evangelium,

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For det er ikke slik at vi strekker oss for langt, som om vi ikke skulle nå fram til dere. Vi har jo kommet til dere med Kristi evangelium.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For vi strekker oss ikke for langt, som om vi ikke nådde til dere, for i Kristi evangelium har vi kommet også til dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For vi trenger ikke å gi inntrykk av at vi er noe mer enn vi er, som om vår autoritet ikke omfatter dere: For vi har nådd så langt som til dere med Kristi gode budskap.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For we stretche uot out oure selves beyode measure as though we had not reached vnto you. For even vnto you have we come with the gospell of Christ

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For we stretche not or selues to farre as though we had not reached vnto you. For euen vnto you haue we come with the Gospell of Christ,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For we stretche not our selues beyonde our measure, as though wee had not attained vnto you: for euen to you also haue we come in preaching the Gospel of Christ,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For we stretch not out our selues beyonde measure, as though we reached not vnto you: For euen to you also haue we come with the Gospell of Christe:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For we stretch not ourselves beyond [our measure], as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in [preaching] the gospel of Christ:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For we don't stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn't reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Gospel of Christ,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for not as not reaching to you do we stretch ourselves overmuch, for even unto you did we come in the good news of the Christ,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For we have no need to make ourselves seem more than we are, as if our authority did not come as far as to you: for we came even as far as you with the good news of Christ:

• World English Bible (2000)

  For we don't stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn't reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 4:15 : 15 For even if you have countless teachers in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the gospel.
• 1 Cor 9:1-2 : 1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
• 2 Cor 2:12 : 12 When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened for me in the Lord,
• 2 Cor 3:1-3 : 1 Are we beginning again to recommend ourselves? Or do we, like some, need letters of recommendation to you or from you? 2 You are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. 3 It is clear that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
• 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
• Gal 1:6-8 : 6 I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from the One who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed!
• Col 1:5 : 5 This faith and love spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven, which you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel.
• 1 Tim 1:11 : 11 in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which I have been entrusted with.
• Mark 1:1 : 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
• Acts 20:24 : 24 'But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.'
• Rom 1:16 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
• Rom 2:16 : 16 This will take place on the day when God judges the secrets of people through Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
• Rom 15:18-19 : 18 I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done. 19 By the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
• Rom 16:25 : 25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past.
• 1 Cor 2:10 : 10 Now God has revealed these things to us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
• 1 Cor 3:5-6 : 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
• 1 Cor 3:10 : 10 According to the grace God has given me, like a wise master builder, I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each one should be careful how they build.