Verse 11

See what earnestness this godly sorrow has produced in you! What eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what readiness to see justice done! At every point you have proved yourselves to be pure in this matter.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Se, for se dette samme, at dere ble sorgfulle på en guddommelig måte, hvilken iver det har produsert i dere, ja, hva forsvar, hva harme, ja, hva frykt, ja, hva brennende lengsel, ja, hva iver, ja, hva hevn! I alle ting har dere vist dere selv være rene i denne saken.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Se, dette er hva Guds sorg har skapt i dere: en lengsel etter rettferdighet, indignasjon, frykt, lengsel, iver og straff! I alt har dere vist dere å være rene i denne saken.

• Norsk King James

  Se nå, dette samme, at dere sorget på en guddommelig måte, hva iver det fremkalte i dere, hva renhet, hva indignasjon, hva frykt, hva ivrig ønske, hva iver, hva gjengjeld! I alle ting har dere vist dere klare i denne saken.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For se, nettopp dette at dere ble bedrøvet etter Guds vilje, hvilken iver det har virket i dere! Ja, forsvar, ja, opprørthet, ja, frykt, ja, lengsel, ja, iver, ja, irettesettelse! I alt har dere vist at dere er rene i denne saken.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For se, selv denne ting, at dere var bedrøvet på gudelig vis, hva iver det virket i dere, ja, hva forsvar, ja, hva vrede, ja, hva frykt, ja, hva lengsel, ja, hva nidkjærhet, ja, hva hevn! I alle ting har dere bevist dere selv å være klare i denne saken.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Se, hva denne bedrøvelsen etter Guds vilje har ført til hos dere: Hva alvor, ja, hvilken forsvarstale, hvilken forargelse, hvilken frykt, hvilken lengsel, hvilken iver, hvilken rettferdig sinne! På alle måter har dere vist at dere er uskyldige i denne saken.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For se, denne samme bedrøvelse etter Guds vilje, hvor mye iver det vekket i dere, ja, hvilken renselse av dere selv, ja, hvilken indignasjon, ja, hvilken frykt, ja, hvilken lengsel, ja, hvilken nidkjærhet, ja, hvilken rettferdighet! I alt har dere vist dere å være uskyldige i denne saken.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Se, dette samme viser at dere sørget på en gudfryktig måte – hvilken omhu det skapte i dere, hvilken renselse, hvilken oppriktig indignasjon, hvilken frykt, hvilket intenst ønske, hvilken iver og til og med hvilket hevn! I alt har dere vist at dere er rene i denne saken.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Se, nettopp dette at dere ble bedrøvet etter Guds sinn — hvor stor iver det har skapt hos dere, ja, hvilket forsvar, hvilken harme over synden, hvilken frykt, hvilken lengsel, hvilken nidkjærhet, ja, hvilken vilje til å sette alt i rette stand! På alle måter har dere vist at dere står rene i denne saken.

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

  Se, nettopp dette at dere ble bedrøvet etter Guds sinn — hvor stor iver det har skapt hos dere, ja, hvilket forsvar, hvilken harme over synden, hvilken frykt, hvilken lengsel, hvilken nidkjærhet, ja, hvilken vilje til å sette alt i rette stand! På alle måter har dere vist at dere står rene i denne saken.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Se, hva denne bedrøvelsen etter Guds vilje har gjort med dere! Hvilken alvor, hvilken rettferdighet, hvilken harme, hvilken frykt, hvilken lengsel, hvilken iver, hvilken straff. I alt dette har dere vist dere uskyldige i denne saken.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For se, denne samme bedrøvelsen etter Guds vilje, hvilken alvor, ja, forsvar, ja, harme, ja, frykt, ja, lengsel, ja, iver, ja, rettferdighet det virket hos dere! I alle ting har dere vist dere å være ren i denne saken.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi see, just dette, at I bleve bedrøvede efter Gud, hvilken Iver virkede det i eder! ja Forsvar, ja Fortørnelse, ja Frygt, ja Længsel, ja Nidkjærhed, ja Revselse! i Alt beviste I, at I vare rene i Henseende til den Gjerning.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Se nemlig hvordan det at dere ble bedrøvet på gudelig vis, har ført til omhu og renhet hos dere, ja, hvilken indignasjon, ja, hvilken frykt, ja, hvilken ivrig lengsel, ja, hvilken nidkjærhet, ja, hvilken hevn! I alt har dere vist dere å være rene i denne saken.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner, what diligence it produced in you, yes, what clearing of yourselves, yes, what indignation, yes, what fear, yes, what vehement desire, yes, what zeal, yes, what vindication! In all things you have proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For se, den samme gudfryktige sorgen, hvilken flid den har virket i dere, ja, hvilket forsvar, indignasjon, frykt, lengsel, iver og hevn! I alt har dere vist dere rene i denne sak.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Se, denne samme ting - at dere ble sorgfulle etter Guds vilje - hvor mye iver har det ikke virket i dere! Men forsvar, men harme, men frykt, men lengsel, men iver, men straff; i alt har dere vist at dere er rene i saken.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For se, det samme at dere ble bedrøvet etter Guds vilje, hvilken iver det virket i dere, ja, hvilken renvaskelse av dere selv, ja, hvilken harme, ja, hvilken frykt, ja, hvilken lengsel, ja, hvilken iver, ja, hvilken gjengjeldelse! I alt viste dere at dere var rene i saken.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For dere ser hvilken omsorg deres sorg for Gud skapte i dere, hva slags renselse, hvilken vrede mot synd, hvilken frykt, hvilken lengsel, hvilket alvor, hvilken straff. I alt har dere vist at dere er fri fra synd i denne saken.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Beholde what diligence this godly sorowe that ye toke hath wrought in you: yee it caused you to cleare youre selves. It caused indignacion it caused feare yt caused desyre it caused a fervent mynde it caused punysshment. For in all thynges ye have shewed youreselues that ye were cleare in that matter.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Beholde, where as ye haue had godly sorowe, what diligence hath it wrought in you? Yee a sufficiet answere, displeasure, feare, desyre, a feruet mynde, punyshment. For in all poyntes ye haue shewed youre selues, that ye are cleare in that matter.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For beholde, this thing that ye haue bene godly sory, what great care it hath wrought in you: yea, what clearing of yourselues: yea, what indignation: yea, what feare: yea, howe great desire: yea, what a zeale: yea, what reuenge: in all things ye haue shewed your selues, that ye are pure in this matter.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For beholde this thing, what carefulnesse this godly sorow that ye toke, hath wrought in you: yea what clearing of your selues, yea what indignation, yea what feare, yea what vehemet desire, yea what zeale, yea what punishment. For in all thynges ye haue shewed your selues that ye were cleare in ye matter.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, [what] clearing of yourselves, yea, [what] indignation, yea, [what] fear, yea, [what] vehement desire, yea, [what] zeal, yea, [what] revenge! In all [things] ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for, lo, this same thing -- your being made sorry toward God -- how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve yourselves to be pure in the matter.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 7:7 : 7 and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort you had given him. He told us about your deep longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.
• 2 Cor 7:9 : 9 Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God intended, so that you would not suffer any loss from us.
• 2 Cor 9:2 : 2 For I know your eagerness, which I boast about on your behalf to the Macedonians, saying that Achaia has been prepared since last year. And your zeal has stirred up many others.
• 2 Cor 13:7 : 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.
• Eph 4:26 : 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
• Eph 5:11 : 11 Do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
• Phil 2:12 : 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
• 1 Tim 5:21-22 : 21 I solemnly charge you, in the presence of God, and of Christ Jesus, and of the chosen angels, to observe these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism. 22 Do not be hasty in laying on hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
• 2 Tim 2:15 : 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
• Titus 3:8 : 8 This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for all people.
• Heb 4:1 : 1 Therefore, let us be cautious lest any of you seem to have fallen short of the promise of entering His rest.
• Heb 12:15-16 : 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many. 16 Make sure that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
• 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 If you call upon the Father, who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, live your lives in reverent fear during the time of your temporary residence here.
• 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk so that by it you may grow in your salvation,
• Jude 1:23 : 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire, and on some, show mercy with fear, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
• Rev 3:19 : 19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
• Gen 44:6-7 : 6 When the steward caught up to them, he said these words to them. 7 But they replied to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
• 2 Sam 12:5-7 : 5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die! 6 He must pay back four times the price of the lamb because he did such a thing and had no pity! 7 Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
• Neh 5:6-9 : 6 When I heard their outcry and these words, I became extremely angry. 7 I took counsel with myself, and then I confronted the nobles and officials, saying to them, 'You are exacting interest from your own people!' So I called together a large assembly to deal with them. 8 I said to them, 'We have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations, as much as we were able. Now, you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!' They stayed silent, unable to say a word. 9 Then I said, 'What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of the nations, our enemies?' 10 I and my brothers and my men are also lending money and grain, but let us stop charging interest on them. 11 Return to them this very day their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, as well as the interest you are charging them—on the money, grain, new wine, and olive oil. 12 'We will give it back,' they responded, 'and we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.' Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised. 13 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, 'May God likewise shake out every man who does not uphold this promise from his home and his possessions. Let him be shaken out and left empty!' The entire assembly said, 'Amen,' and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
• Neh 13:25 : 25 So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.'
• Job 42:6 : 6 Therefore, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
• Ps 2:11 : 11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
• Ps 35:13 : 13 But when they were ill, I wore sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned to me unanswered.
• Ps 38:9 : 9 I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart.
• Ps 42:1 : 1 For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of the sons of Korah.
• Ps 69:9 : 9 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s sons.
• Ps 119:139 : 139 My zeal consumes me because my adversaries forget Your words.
• Ps 130:6 : 6 My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
• Ps 145:19 : 19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.
• Prov 14:16 : 16 The wise fear and turn away from evil, but fools are reckless and overconfident.
• Prov 28:14 : 14 Blessed is the one who fears always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into trouble.
• Song 8:6 : 6 Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm, for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as fierce as the grave. Its flames are fiery flames, the very flame of the Lord.
• Isa 26:8 : 8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of Your judgments, we wait for You; Your name and Your renown are the desire of our soul.
• Isa 66:2 : 2 My hand made all these things, and so all these came into being,' declares the Lord. 'But I will look to this one: to the humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
• Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s lamenting: 'You disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for you are the LORD my God.' 19 After I turned away, I repented; after I came to understand, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son, my precious child? For as often as I speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore, my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, declares the LORD.
• Dan 6:14 : 14 Then they said to the king, 'Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the decree you signed. He still prays three times a day.'
• Zech 12:10-14 : 10 And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on Me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son. 11 On that day, the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves. 13 The family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves. 14 All the remaining families, each family by itself, and their wives by themselves.
• Matt 5:29-30 : 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.
• Mark 3:5 : 5 Looking around at them with anger and deeply distressed at the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.
• Mark 9:43-48 : 43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go into hell, where the fire never goes out. 44 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell, where the fire never goes out. 46 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 47 If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.
• John 2:17 : 17 Then His disciples remembered that it is written: 'Zeal for Your house will consume me.'
• Acts 17:16 : 16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply troubled as he observed the city full of idols.
• Rom 11:20 : 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
• Rom 14:18 : 18 For anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
• 1 Cor 5:2 : 2 And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have mourned so that the one who has done this would be removed from among you?
• 1 Cor 5:13 : 13 God will judge those outside. 'Expel the wicked person from among you.'
• 1 Cor 12:25 : 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.
• 2 Cor 2:6 : 6 The punishment imposed by the majority is sufficient for such a person.
• 2 Cor 6:4 : 4 Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,
• 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.