Verse 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.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Hvis andre deltar i denne makten over dere, har ikke vi mer rett? Likevel har vi ikke brukt denne makten; men vi utholder alt, for ikke å hindre evangeliet til Kristus.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Hvis andre får del i denne retten over dere, har ikke vi enda mer? Men vi har ikke benyttet oss av denne retten; vi tåler alt for ikke å gi noen hindringer for evangeliet om Kristus.

• Norsk King James

  Hvis andre deltar i denne myndigheten over dere, har ikke vi det også? Likevel har vi ikke benyttet oss av denne myndigheten; vi utholder alt for å ikke hindre Evangeliet om Kristus.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvis andre har denne retten over dere, skulle ikke vi ha det enda mer? Men vi har ikke brukt denne retten. Vi tåler alt for ikke å legge noen hindring i veien for Kristi evangelium.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Hvis andre har del i denne rettigheten over dere, har vi ikke enda mer? Likevel har vi ikke gjort bruk av denne rettigheten, men vi tåler alt, for at vi ikke skal hindre Kristi evangelium.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Hvis andre har del i denne r retten over dere, skulle ikke vi ha det enda mer? Men vi har ikke brukt denne retten. Vi tåler alt for ikke å legge noen hindringer for Kristi evangelium.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hvis andre har del i denne autoriteten over dere, har ikke vi da enda mer? Likevel har vi ikke brukt denne autoriteten, men vi tåler alt for ikke å legge hindringer for Kristi evangelium.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Om andre tar del i denne makten over dere, er vi da ikke de mest? Likevel har vi ikke gjort bruk av denne makten, men tåler alt for ikke å hindre evangeliet til Kristus.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Hvis andre gjør bruk av en slik rett over dere, har ikke vi enda større grunn? Likevel har vi ikke benyttet oss av denne retten, men vi tåler alt for ikke å legge noen hindring i veien for Kristi evangelium.

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

  Hvis andre gjør bruk av en slik rett over dere, har ikke vi enda større grunn? Likevel har vi ikke benyttet oss av denne retten, men vi tåler alt for ikke å legge noen hindring i veien for Kristi evangelium.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvis andre har del i denne rett over dere, har ikke vi det da enda mer? Men vi har ikke gjort bruk av denne rettigheten. Nei, vi tåler alt for ikke å legge noe hinder i veien for Kristi evangelium.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If others have this right to receive from you, shouldn’t we have it even more? But we have not used this right. Instead, we endure all things so that we will not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Hvis andre får del i retten til dette fra dere, er det ikke desto mer vi? Men vi har ikke gjort bruk av denne retten. Vi tåler alt for ikke å gi noen hindring for Kristi evangelium.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dersom Andre have den Ret over eder, skulde da ikke vi meget mere? Men vi brugte ikke denne Ret, men taale Alt, for at vi ikke skulle gjøre Christi Evangelium nogen Forhindring.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvis andre har denne rett over dere, burde vi ikke ha det enda mer? Likevel har vi ikke brukt denne retten, men vi tåler alt, for ikke å legge noen hinder for Kristi evangelium.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvis andre har del i denne retten over dere, har ikke vi det enda mer? Men vi har ikke gjort bruk av denne retten, vi bærer alt, for ikke å legge noen hindring i veien for Kristi evangelium.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvis andre har del i denne retten over dere, har ikke vi enda mer? Men vi har ikke brukt denne retten, men tåler alt, for at vi ikke skal legge noen hindring i veien for Kristi evangelium.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hvis andre har del i denne retten over dere, skulle ikke vi ha det enda mer? Likevel har vi ikke brukt denne retten, men vi tåler alt for ikke å legge noe hinder i veien for Kristi evangelium.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvis andre har rett til slike goder hos dere, har ikke vi enda mer grunn? Men vi har ikke gjort bruk av denne retten, for vi ønsker ikke å hindre evangeliets fremme.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf other be parttakers of this power over you? wherfore are not we rather. Neverthelesse we have not vsed this power: but suffre all thinges lest we shuld hynder the gospell of Christ.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But yf other be partakers of this power on you, wherfore are not we rather? Neuertheles we haue not vsed this power, but suffre all thinges, lest we shulde hynder the Gospell off Christ.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If others with you bee partakers of this power, are not we rather? neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all things, that we should not hinder the Gospel of Christ.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If others be partakers of this power wherfore are not we rather? Neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all thinges, lest we shoulde hinder the Gospel of Christ.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If others be partakers of [this] power over you, [are] not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If others partake of this right over you, don't we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  if others do partake of the authority over you -- not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If others partake of [this] right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

• World English Bible (2000)

  If others partake of this right over you, don't we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• 2 Cor 11:12 : 12 But what I do, I will continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.
• 1 Cor 9:15 : 15 But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.
• 2 Cor 11:7-9 : 7 Did I commit a sin by humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God freely? 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages from them, to serve you. 9 And when I was with you and in need, I was a burden to no one: for what I lacked the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied. And in all things I have kept myself from being a burden to you, and so I will keep myself. 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
• 2 Cor 6:3 : 3 Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry may not be blamed:
• 2 Cor 11:20 : 20 For you bear it if someone brings you into bondage, if someone devours you, if someone takes from you, if someone exalts himself, if someone strikes you on the face.
• 1 Thess 2:6-9 : 6 Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, just as a nurse cherishes her children: 8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to impart to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because you were dear to us. 9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: for working night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
• 2 Thess 3:8-9 : 8 Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but we worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. 9 Not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example for you to follow.
• Gen 24:56 : 56 And he said to them, "Do not hinder me, since the LORD has prospered my way; send me away so that I may go to my master."
• Neh 4:8 : 8 And all of them conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
• Luke 11:52 : 52 Woe to you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.
• Acts 18:3 : 3 And because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked, for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
• Acts 20:31-34 : 31 Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears. 32 So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 33 I have coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. 34 Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me.
• Rom 15:22 : 22 For this reason, I have been much hindered from coming to you.
• 1 Cor 4:11-12 : 11 Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. 12 And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it.
• 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. 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.
• 1 Cor 6:7 : 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because you go to law one with another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather allow yourselves to be defrauded?
• 1 Cor 9:2 : 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.
• 2 Cor 12:13-14 : 13 For in what way were you inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong. 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not yours, but you. For the children should not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.