Verse 20

Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be infants, but in understanding be mature.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Brødre, vær ikke barn i forståelsen; men vær barn i ondskap, men i forståelse vær fullvoksne.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Brødre, vær ikke barn i forståelsen, men vær barn i ondskap; vær derimot modne i forståelsen.

• Norsk King James

  Brødre, vær ikke barn i forståelsen; men i ondskap, vær som barn, men i forståelsen, vær som menn.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Brødre, vær ikke barn i forstand, men vær som barn i ondskap; i forstand, derimot, vær voksne.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Brødre, vær ikke barn i forstand; vær små barn i ondskap, men vær fullvoksne i forstand.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Brødre, bli ikke som barn i forstand, men vær som små barn med hensyn til ondskap; men i forstand, vær voksne.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Brødre, vær ikke barn i forstand; vær barn i ondskap, men modne menn i forstand.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Brødre, vær ikke barnslige i deres forståelse; selv om dere i andre henseender kan opptre barnsinnet, bør dere være voksne i innsikten.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Brødre, vær ikke barnslige i forstand, men vær småbarn med hensyn til ondskap. Når det gjelder forstand, vær modne.

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

  Brødre, vær ikke barnslige i forstand, men vær småbarn med hensyn til ondskap. Når det gjelder forstand, vær modne.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Brødre, vær ikke barn i forstand, men vær som spedbarn i ondskap og vær modne i forstand.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in regard to evil, but in your thinking be mature.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Brødre, bli ikke barn i forstand; vær som barn i ondskap, men vær modne i forstand.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Brødre! vorder ikke Børn i Forstand, men værer Børn i Henseende til Ondskab; i Forstand derimod værer Fuldvoxne.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Brødre, vær ikke barn i forståelse; i ondskap, ja, vær som barn, men i forståelse, vær som voksne.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Brødre, vær ikke barn i tanker, men vær som spedbarn i ondskap, og voksne i tanker.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Brødre, vær ikke barn i forstand, men vær som barn i det onde; i forstand, vær voksne.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Brødre, vær ikke som barn i tankegang, vær som småbarn når det gjelder ondskap, men vær voksne i tankegang.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Brødre, vær ikke barn i forstand; i ondskap skal dere være som barn, men i forstand voksne.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Brethre be not chyldre in witte. How be it as cocerninge maliciousnes be chyldre: but in witte be perfet.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Brethren be not children in vnderstondinge, howbeit as concerninge maliciousnes be childre, but in vnderstondinge be parfecte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Brethren, be not children in vnderstanding, but as concerning maliciousnes be children, but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Brethren, be not chyldren in wytte: Howbeit, as concerning maliciousnesse, be chyldren: but in wytte, be perfect.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 16:19 : 19 For your obedience is known to all, and I am glad on your behalf. But I would have you wise in what is good, and innocent concerning evil.
• 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
• Matt 18:3 : 3 And said, Truly I say to you, Unless you are converted and become like little children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.
• Heb 5:12-13 : 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God; you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.
• Ps 119:99 : 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
• 1 Cor 2:6 : 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.
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.
• Phil 3:15 : 15 Let us, therefore, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think differently, God will reveal even this to you.
• Heb 6:1-3 : 1 Therefore, leaving the foundational teachings of Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do, if God permits.
• Matt 19:4 : 4 And he answered and said to them, Have you not read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female,
• Mark 10:15 : 15 Truly I say to you, Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall not enter it.
• 1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, even as to infants in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food: for until now you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able.
• 1 Cor 13:11 : 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
• Eph 4:14-15 : 14 That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness by which they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ:
• Phil 1:9 : 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
• Ps 131:1-2 : 1 Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes arrogant: neither do I concern myself with great matters, or with things too high for me. 2 Surely I have calmed and quieted myself, like a child weaned from his mother: my soul is like a weaned child.
• Isa 11:3 : 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge by what his eyes see, nor reprove by what his ears hear:
• Matt 11:25 : 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.