Verse 15

For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For selv om dere har ti tusen veiledere i Kristus, har dere ikke mange fedre; for i Kristus Jesus har jeg født dere gjennom evangeliet.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For selv om dere har titusener av lærere i Kristus, har dere ikke mange fedre; for i Kristus Jesus, ved evangeliet, har jeg født dere.

• Norsk King James

  For selv om dere har mange lærere i Kristus, har dere ikke mange fedre; for i Kristus Jesus har jeg født dere gjennom evangeliet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For selv om dere har ti tusen lærere i Kristus, har dere likevel ikke mange fedre. I Kristus Jesus har jeg blitt deres far ved evangeliet.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For selv om dere har ti tusen lærere i Kristus, så har dere likevel ikke mange fedre: for i Kristus Jesus har jeg avlet dere gjennom evangeliet.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For selv om dere har tusen oppdragere i Kristus, har dere ikke mange fedre; for i Kristus Jesus har jeg avlet dere gjennom evangeliet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For om dere har ti tusen lærere i Kristus, så har dere ikke mange fedre; for i Kristus Jesus har jeg blitt far til dere gjennom evangeliet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For selv om dere har ti tusen læremestere i Kristus, har dere ikke like mange fedre; for i Kristus Jesus har jeg gjort dere til mine barn gjennom evangeliet.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For selv om dere har ti tusen lærere i Kristus, har dere likevel ikke mange fedre. For i Kristus Jesus har jeg ved evangeliet blitt deres far.

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

  For selv om dere har ti tusen lærere i Kristus, har dere likevel ikke mange fedre. For i Kristus Jesus har jeg ved evangeliet blitt deres far.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For om dere har ti tusen lærere i Kristus, har dere likevel ikke mange fedre. For i Kristus Jesus har jeg født dere gjennom evangeliet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For even if you have countless teachers in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the gospel.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For om dere har tusen veiledere i Kristus, har dere ikke mange fedre. For i Kristus Jesus har jeg blitt deres far gjennom evangeliet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi om I end havde ti tusinde Læremestere i Christo, have I dog ikke mange Fædre; thi jeg avlede eder i Christo Jesu ved Evangelium.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For om dere skulle ha ti tusen lærere i Kristus, har dere ikke mange fedre: for i Kristus Jesus har jeg avlet dere gjennom evangeliet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For selv om dere har ti tusen lærere i Kristus, har dere ikke mange fedre. For i Kristus Jesus er jeg blitt deres far gjennom evangeliet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For om dere har tusen lærere i Kristus, har dere ikke mange fedre, for jeg har blitt deres far i Kristus Jesus gjennom evangeliet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For selv om dere har tusenvis av veiledere i Kristus, har dere ikke mange fedre; for i Kristus Jesus har jeg født dere ved evangeliet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For selv om dere hadde ti tusen lærere i Kristus, har dere ikke mer enn én far: for i Kristus Jesus har jeg født dere gjennom det gode budskapet.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For though ye have ten thousande instructours in Christ: yet have ye not many fathers. In Christ Iesu I have begotten you thorowe ye gospell.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers. For I haue begotten you in Christ Iesu thorow ye Gospell?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For though ye haue tenne thousand instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: for in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: For in Christe Iesu I haue begotten you through the Gospell.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Gospel.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I -- I did beget you;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Referenced Verses

• Gal 4:19 : 19 My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,
• 1 Cor 3:10 : 10 According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let every man be careful how he builds on it.
• 1 Cor 9:1-2 : 1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet certainly I am to you: for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
• 1 Cor 9:12 : 12 If others are partakers of this right over you, should not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ.
• 1 Cor 9:14 : 14 Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.
• 1 Cor 9:18 : 18 What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.
• 1 Cor 9:23 : 23 And this I do for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a partaker of it with you.
• 2 Cor 3:1-3 : 1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2 You are our letter written in our hearts, known and read by all men. 3 Forasmuch as you are clearly shown to be the letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of the heart.
• 2 Tim 4:3 : 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, they will gather to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
• Titus 1:4 : 4 To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
• Phlm 1:10-12 : 10 I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains: 11 Who in time past was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me. 12 I am sending him back to you. Therefore, receive him, that is, my own heart:
• Phlm 1:19 : 19 I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will repay it: although I do not say to you that you owe me even your own self besides.
• Jas 1:18 : 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
• 1 Pet 1:23 : 23 Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
• Acts 18:4-9 : 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. 6 And when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, 'Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.' 7 And he departed from there and entered a certain man's house named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next to the synagogue. 8 And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians hearing believed and were baptized. 9 Then the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, 'Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent, 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.' 11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
• Rom 15:20 : 20 Yes, I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation:
• 1 Cor 3:6 : 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth.