Verse 7

Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard from the beginning.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Mine brødre, jeg skriver ingen ny bud til dere, men et gammelt bud som dere har hatt fra begynnelsen. Det gamle budet er det ordet som dere har hørt fra begynnelsen.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Mine brødre, jeg skriver ikke en ny befaling til dere, men en gammel befaling som dere allereie har hatt fra begynnelsen av. Den gamle befaling er ordet dere hørte fra begynnelsen.

• Norsk King James

  Brødre, jeg skriver ingen ny befaling til dere, men en gammel befaling dere har hatt fra begynnelsen. Den gamle befaling er ordet dere har hørt fra starten.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Brødre, jeg skriver ikke et nytt bud til dere, men et gammelt bud som dere har hatt fra begynnelsen. Det gamle budet er det ord dere har hørt fra begynnelsen.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Brødre, jeg skriver ikke et nytt bud til dere, men et gammelt bud som dere hadde fra begynnelsen. Det gamle budet er ordet som dere har hørt fra begynnelsen.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Mine kjære, jeg skriver ikke til dere et nytt bud, men et gammelt bud som dere hadde fra begynnelsen. Dette gamle budet er det ordet som dere har hørt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Brødre, jeg skriver ikke et nytt bud til dere, men et gammelt bud som dere har hatt fra begynnelsen. Det gamle budet er ordet som dere har hørt fra begynnelsen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Brødre, jeg skriver ikke et nytt bud til dere, men et gammelt bud dere fikk fra begynnelsen. Det gamle budet er ordet dere har hørt fra starten av.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Brødre, jeg skriver ikke et nytt bud til dere, men et gammelt bud som dere har hatt fra begynnelsen av. Det gamle budet er det ordet som dere har hørt fra begynnelsen.

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

  Brødre, jeg skriver ikke et nytt bud til dere, men et gammelt bud som dere har hatt fra begynnelsen av. Det gamle budet er det ordet som dere har hørt fra begynnelsen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Kjære brødre, det er ikke et nytt bud jeg skriver til dere, men et gammelt bud som dere har hatt fra begynnelsen. Dette gamle budet er det ordet dere har hørt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Dear brothers and sisters, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old one that you have had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word you have already heard.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Mine kjære, det er ikke et nytt bud jeg skriver til dere, men et gammelt bud som dere har hatt fra begynnelsen. Dette gamle budet er det ord dere har hørt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Brødre! jeg skriver eder ikke et nyt Bud, men et gammelt Bud, som I have havt fra Begyndelsen. Det gamle Bud er det Ord, som I have hørt fra Begyndelsen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Kjære venner, jeg skriver ikke et nytt bud til dere, men et gammelt bud som dere har hatt fra begynnelsen. Det gamle budet er det ordet som dere har hørt fra begynnelsen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Brødre, jeg skriver ikke et nytt bud til dere, men et gammelt bud som dere har hatt fra begynnelsen. Det gamle budet er ordet dere har hørt fra begynnelsen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Kjære brødre, jeg skriver ikke et nytt bud til dere, men et gammelt bud som dere har hatt fra begynnelsen. Det gamle budet er ordet som dere hørte fra begynnelsen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Mine kjære, jeg skriver ikke et nytt bud til dere, men et gammelt bud som dere har hatt fra begynnelsen: det gamle budet er ordet dere har hørt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Mine kjære, jeg gir dere ikke et nytt bud, men et gammelt bud som dere hadde fra begynnelsen. Dette gamle budet er ordet som kom til dere.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Brethren I write no newe comaundement vnto you: but that olde comaundemet which ye hearde from the begynnynge.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Brethren, I wryte no new commaundement vnto you, but that olde commaundement, which ye haue herde from the begynnynge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Brethren, I write no newe commaundement vnto you: but an olde commaundement, which ye haue had from the beginning: this olde commaundement is that worde, which yee haue heard from the beginning.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Brethren, I write no newe comaundement vnto you, but that olde comaundement which ye haue had from the begynnyng. The olde commaundement is the worde which ye haue hearde fro the begynnyng.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Brethren, a new command I write not to you, but an old command, that ye had from the beginning -- the old command is the word that ye heard from the beginning;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have already heard.

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 3:11 : 11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
• 2 John 1:5-6 : 5 And now I urge you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. 6 And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.
• Lev 19:18 : 18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
• Rom 13:8-9 : 8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not bear false witness,' 'You shall not covet,' and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
• Gal 5:13-14 : 13 For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
• Matt 22:37-40 : 37 Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.
• Mark 12:29-34 : 29 Jesus answered him, 'The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these. 32 So the scribe said to him, 'Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34 Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, 'You are not far from the kingdom of God.' After that, no one dared question him.
• Acts 17:19 : 19 And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is that you speak of?
• 1 John 3:23 : 23 And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
• Jas 2:8-9 : 8 If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well. 9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not kill. Now if you do not commit adultery, yet if you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
• 1 John 2:24 : 24 Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.
• Lev 19:34 : 34 But the stranger that dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
• Deut 6:5 : 5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.
• Matt 5:43 : 43 You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'