Verse 9

We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For vi gleder oss når vi er svake, og dere er sterke; og dette ønsker vi også, deres fullkommenhet.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For vi gleder oss når vi er svake, og dere er sterke; dette ber vi også om, at dere må bli fullt utholdende.

• Norsk King James

  For vi gleder oss når vi er svake, og dere er sterke: og dette ønsker vi også, deres fullkommenhet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For vi gleder oss når vi er svake, men dere er sterke; dette ønsker vi også, at dere må bli fullkomne.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For vi gleder oss når vi er svake, og dere er sterke. Og dette også ønsker vi, deres fullkommengjørelse.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For vi gleder oss når vi er svake, men dere er sterke. Dette ber vi også om: deres fullkommenhet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For vi er glade når vi er svake, men dere er sterke; og dette ønsker vi også, nemlig deres fullkommenhet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For vi er glade over vår svakhet og deres styrke; og dette er også vårt ønske – at dere skal bli fullkomne.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For vi gleder oss når vi er svake og dere er sterke. Og dette er også det vi ber om, nemlig at dere må bli fullkomne.

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

  For vi gleder oss når vi er svake og dere er sterke. Og dette er også det vi ber om, nemlig at dere må bli fullkomne.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For vi gleder oss når vi er svake, men dere er sterke. For dette ber vi også: deres fullendelse.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Vi gleder oss når vi er svake, men dere er sterke. Dette ber vi om, deres fullkommengjøring.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi vi glæde os, naar vi ere skrøbelige, men I ere kraftige; men dette ønske vi og, at I maae blive fuldkommede.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For vi gleder oss når vi er svake, og dere er sterke. Dette ønsker vi også, at dere blir fullkomne.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For we are glad when we are weak, and you are strong; and this also we wish, even your perfection.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For vi gleder oss når vi er svake og dere er sterke. Dette ber vi også om, at deres fullkommengjørelse skal finne sted.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For vi gleder oss når vi er svake, men dere er sterke; og dette ber vi også om - deres fullkommengjørelse.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Vi gleder oss når vi er svake, men dere er sterke. Dette ber vi også om: at dere skal bli fullkomne.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For vi gleder oss når vi er svake og dere er sterke, og dette er vår bønn – at dere må bli fullkomne.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  We are glad when we are weake and ye stronge. This also we wisshe for even that ye were perfect.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  We are glad whan we are weake, & ye stronge: & the same also we wysshe for, namely yor perfectnesse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For we are glad when wee are weake, and that ye are strong: this also we wish for, euen your perfection.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For we are glad when we are weake, and ye are strong. Truely this also we wishe, euen your perfection.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, [even] your perfection.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for we rejoice when we may be infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for -- your perfection!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
• 1 Thess 3:10 : 10 Night and day we pray earnestly that we may see your face and complete what is lacking in your faith.
• 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.
• 2 Cor 11:30 : 30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
• 2 Cor 12:5-9 : 5 On behalf of this man I will boast, but concerning myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses. 6 For if I desire to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone think more of me than what they see in me or hear from me. 7 And because of the extraordinary revelations, so that I might not become conceited, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me, so that I would not become conceited. 8 Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
• 2 Cor 13:7-8 : 7 We pray to God that you may not do anything wrong—not so that we may appear approved, but so that you may do what is right, even if we may seem to have failed. 8 For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.
• Eph 4:12-13 : 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, into a mature man, to the measure of the stature that belongs to the fullness of Christ.
• Phil 3:12-15 : 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let all of us who are mature think this way. And if in anything you think differently, that too God will reveal to you.
• Col 1:28 : 28 We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.
• Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you. He is always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
• 2 Tim 3:17 : 17 so that the servant of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
• Heb 6:1 : 1 Therefore, leaving behind the elementary teachings about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,
• Heb 12:23 : 23 to the assembly of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
• Heb 13:21 : 21 equip you with every good thing to do His will, working in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered for a little while, will Himself restore, establish, strengthen, and uphold you.