Verse 8

So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Vær derfor ikke skamfull over vitnesbyrdet om vår Herre, eller over meg hans fange, men del i lidelsene for evangeliet etter Guds kraft;

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Derfor må du ikke skamme deg over vitnesbyrdet om vår Herre, eller over meg, hans fange; men vær med i lidelsene med meg med Guds kraft,

• Norsk King James

  Vær derfor ikke skamfull over vitnesbyrdet om vår Herre, eller over meg, hans fange; men del i lidelsene for evangeliet ved Guds kraft.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så skam deg derfor ikke over vårt Herres vitnesbyrd eller over meg, hans fange, men ta del i lidelsene for evangeliet ved Guds kraft.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Skam deg derfor ikke for vitnesbyrdet om vår Herre, og heller ikke for meg hans fange; men lid ondt sammen med meg for evangeliet etter Guds kraft,

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Skam deg derfor ikke over vitnesbyrdet om vår Herre, heller ikke over meg, hans fange. Men lid med i evangeliets motgang etter Guds kraft.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så skam deg derfor ikke over vitnesbyrdet om vår Herre, heller ikke over meg, hans fange, men bli med meg i lidelsene for evangeliet ved Guds kraft.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Så skam deg ikke for Herrens vitnesbyrd eller for meg, hans fange, men del i evangeliets lidelser etter Guds kraft;

• gpt4.5-preview

  Skam deg derfor ikke over vår Herres vitnesbyrd, heller ikke meg, hans fange, men vær med å lide for evangeliet etter den kraft Gud gir,

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

  Skam deg derfor ikke over vår Herres vitnesbyrd, heller ikke meg, hans fange, men vær med å lide for evangeliet etter den kraft Gud gir,

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Skam deg derfor ikke over vårt Herres vitnesbyrd, heller ikke over meg, hans fangne, men lid med meg for evangeliet, ved Guds kraft.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Skam deg derfor ikke for vitnesbyrdet om vår Herre, heller ikke for meg, hans fange. Men bli med meg i å lide ondt for evangeliet etter Guds kraft.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor skam dig ikke ved vor Herres Vidnesbyrd eller ved mig, hans Bundne, men lid Ondt med Evangelium ved Guds Kraft,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vær derfor ikke skamfull over vår Herres vitnesbyrd, eller over meg, hans fange, men bli med meg i lidelsene for evangeliet etter Guds kraft;

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share in the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Skam deg derfor ikke over vitnesbyrdet om vår Herre, ei heller over meg, hans fange; men bær elendigheten for evangeliet ved Guds kraft,

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Skam deg derfor ikke over vår Herres vitnesbyrd, og heller ikke over meg, hans fange, men lid ondt sammen med evangeliet ved Guds kraft,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Skam deg derfor ikke over vårt Herres vitnesbyrd, heller ikke over meg, hans fange, men lid med meg for evangeliet, ved Guds kraft;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Skam deg derfor ikke over vitnesbyrdet om vår Herre eller over meg, hans fange, men lid for evangeliet etter Guds kraft.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Be not a shamed to testyfye oure LORde nether be a shamed of me which am bounde for his sake: but suffre adversite with ye gospell also thorow ye power of god

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Be not thou asshamed therfore of ye testimony of or LORDE, nether of me, which am his presoner: but suffre thou aduersite also wt the Gospell, acordinge to the power of God

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Be not therefore ashamed of the testimonie of our Lord, neither of me his prisoner: but be partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel, according to the power of God,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Be not thou therfore ashamed of the testimonie of our Lorde, neither of me his prisoner: but suffer thou aduersitie with the Gospell, accordyng to the power of God,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore don't be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Gospel according to the power of God,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore don't be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God’s power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.

Referenced Verses

• Mark 8:38 : 38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.
• 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But as for you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
• 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 For this gospel I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.
• Rev 12:11 : 11 They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
• 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.
• Eph 3:1 : 1 For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
• 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
• 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
• 2 Tim 2:3 : 3 Endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
• 1 Thess 3:4 : 4 For indeed, when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and as you know.
• 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully made and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who are being guarded by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• 1 Pet 4:13-15 : 13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.
• Rom 8:17-18 : 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. 18 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.
• 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 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.
• Phil 1:7 : 7 It is right for me to think this way about you all, because I have you in my heart; whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, you all share in God’s grace with me.
• Phil 3:10 : 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
• Eph 3:13 : 13 Therefore, I ask you not to lose heart over my sufferings for you, which are for your glory.
• Eph 4:1 : 1 Therefore, I, a prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
• Rom 9:33 : 33 Just as it is written: 'Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.'
• 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.
• Luke 9:26 : 26 For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.
• John 19:35 : 35 The one who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
• Acts 5:41 : 41 So they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to suffer disgrace for the name.
• Ps 119:46 : 46 I will speak of Your testimonies before kings and not be ashamed.
• Rev 1:9 : 9 I, John, your brother and companion in the tribulation, kingdom, and perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
• 2 Tim 2:11-12 : 11 This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him. 12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He will also deny us.
• 1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless in the presence of His glory with great joy,
• Rev 1:2 : 2 John, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, whatever he saw.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, 'Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.'
• Isa 51:7 : 7 Listen to me, you who know righteousness, you people who have my teaching in your hearts. Do not fear the reproach of men or be dismayed by their insults.
• John 15:27 : 27 And you also must testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
• 1 Cor 1:6 : 6 Just as the testimony of Christ was confirmed among you,
• 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole world—to angels as well as to men. 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! 11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, and we are homeless. 12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it. 13 When we are slandered, we respond gently. We have become like the scum of the earth, the refuse of all, even until now.
• 2 Cor 6:7 : 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left;
• 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more so: in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked; I spent a night and a day in the open sea. 26 I have been constantly on the move: in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own people, in dangers from Gentiles; in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, and in dangers among false believers. 27 I have labored and toiled and often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.
• Eph 4:17 : 17 Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.
• Col 1:24 : 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
• 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
• 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
• Rom 8:36 : 36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
• Col 1:11 : 11 being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father,
• Ps 19:7 : 7 It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.
• Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.