Verse 26

For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For dere ser på deres kall, brødre, at ikke mange vise etter kjødet, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange noble, er kalt:

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Se på deres kall, brødre, at ikke mange av dem som er vise etter menneskelig mål, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange av edel stand:

• Norsk King James

  For dere ser deres kall, brødre, hvordan ikke mange vise etter kjødet, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange edle, er kalt:

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Se derfor, brødre, på deres kall, at ikke mange vise etter kjøttet, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange av høy byrd er kalt,

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For brødre, se på deres kall: Ikke mange vise etter kjødet, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange av høy ætt blir kalt;

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Se på deres egen kall, brødre, at ikke mange var vise etter kjødet, ikke mange var mektige, ikke mange av edel ætt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For dere ser deres kall, brødre, at ikke mange vise etter kjødet, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange adelige, er kalt:

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Se, brødre, på deres kall; ikke mange mennesker som er kloke etter kjødet, ikke mange mektige eller edle, er kalt:

• gpt4.5-preview

  For se på deres eget kall, brødre, at det ikke er mange vise etter kjøttet, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange av høy ætt.

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

  For se på deres eget kall, brødre, at det ikke er mange vise etter kjøttet, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange av høy ætt.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Brødre, se på deres egen kallelse! Ikke mange av dere ble kaldt vise etter kjødet, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange av høy byrd.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Brothers and sisters, consider your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Se nemlig på deres kall, brødre, at ikke mange vise etter kjødet, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange adelige ble kalt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi betragter, Brødre! eders Kald, at ikke mange Vise efter Kjødet, ikke mange Mægtige, ikke mange Fornemme (ere kaldte);

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For brødre, dere ser kallet, at ikke mange vise i kjødet, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange av høy byrd, er kalt;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Se på deres kall, brødre, at ikke mange vise etter kjødet, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange av høy ætt er blitt kalt;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For se deres kall, brødre, at ikke mange er vise etter kjødet, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange adelige,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For se deres kall, brødre, at ikke mange vise etter kjødet, ikke mange mektige, ikke mange høybårne, ble kalt;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For se på deres kall, brødre, at ikke mange var vise etter kjødet, ikke mange var mektige, ikke mange av høy ætt;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Brethren loke on youre callinge how that not many wyse men after the flesshe not many myghty not many of hye degre are called:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Brethren loke on youre callinge, how that not many wyseme after the flesh, not many mightie, not many of hye degre are called:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For brethren, you see your calling, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Brethren, ye see your callyng, howe that not many wise men after the fleshe, not many myghtie, not many noble are called.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for see your calling, brethren, that not many `are' wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called] :

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

• World English Bible (2000)

  For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
• 1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
• Jas 3:13-17 : 13 Who is wise and endowed with knowledge among you? Let him show by good conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envy and strife are, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
• 1 Cor 2:3-6 : 3 And I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. 6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.
• 1 Cor 2:8 : 8 which none of the rulers of this world knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
• 1 Cor 2:13 : 13 These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
• Zeph 3:12 : 12 I will also leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
• Matt 11:25-26 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in your sight.
• Luke 1:3 : 3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,
• Luke 10:21 : 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them to babes: even so, Father, for so it seemed good in your sight.
• Luke 18:24-25 : 24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
• John 4:46-53 : 46 So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him and implored him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 Then Jesus said to him, Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe. 49 The nobleman said to him, Sir, come down before my child dies. 50 Jesus said to him, Go your way; your son lives. So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. 51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, Your son lives. 52 Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. 53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, Your son lives. And he himself believed, and his whole household.
• John 7:47-49 : 47 Then the Pharisees answered them, Are you also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.
• John 19:38-39 : 38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave permission. He came and took the body of Jesus. 39 And Nicodemus also came, who at first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds in weight.
• Acts 13:7 : 7 Who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
• Acts 13:12 : 12 Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
• Acts 17:34 : 34 However, some men joined him and believed: among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
• Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Let the brother of low position rejoice in that he is lifted up; 10 But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
• 2 John 1:1 : 1 The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who have known the truth.
• Phil 4:22 : 22 All the saints greet you, especially those who are of Caesar's household.