Verse 12

Having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Ha deres oppførsel hederlig blant hedningene, slik at de, dersom de taler ondt om dere som om dere var ugjerningsmenn, kan gjennom deres gode gjerninger, når de ser dem, prise Gud på besøkelsens dag.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Ha en god oppførsel blant folkeslagene, slik at de, når de taler ill om dere som om dere var ondsinnede, kan se deres gode gjerninger og ære Gud på besøkets dag.

• Norsk King James

  Ha deres liv i hederlig oppførsel blant hedningene, så de, når de taler imot dere som ugjerningsmenn, kan se deres gode gjerninger og prise Gud på besøksdagen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  og la deres ferd blant hedningene være god, slik at, når de baktaler dere som ugjerningsmenn, de kan se deres gode gjerninger og prise Gud på den dagen han besøker oss.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Holder deres vandel god blant hedningene; for at, hvor de baktaler dere som ugjerningsmenn, må de, på grunn av deres gode gjerninger som de ser, prise Gud på besøkelsens dag.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Lev et godt liv blant hedningene, for at de, når de baktaler dere som ugjerningsmenn, gjennom de gode gjerningene de ser, kan prise Gud på besøkelsesdagen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Lev et ærlig liv blant hedningene, for at de, når de taler imot dere som onde mennesker, kan på grunn av deres gode gjerninger, som de ser, opphøye Gud på besøkelsens dag.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Lev et hederlig liv blant hedningene, slik at de, som anklager dere for å være ugjerninger, ved å se deres gode gjerninger, kan prise Gud på den dag hans besøk kommer.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Lev et rettskaffent liv blant hedningene, slik at de som baktaler dere som forbrytere, ut fra de gode gjerningene de ser hos dere, kan prise Gud på besøkelsens dag.

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

  Lev et rettskaffent liv blant hedningene, slik at de som baktaler dere som forbrytere, ut fra de gode gjerningene de ser hos dere, kan prise Gud på besøkelsens dag.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Lev blant hedningene slik at de, selv om de anklager dere for å være onde, kan se deres gode gjerninger og prise Gud på dagen for hans besøkelse.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Før et hederlig liv blant folkeslagene, så de, selv om de baktaler dere som forbrytere, kan se deres gode gjerninger og prise Gud på besøksdagen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  og lade eders Omgjængelse iblandt Hedningerne være god, saa at de, idet de bagtale eder som Misdædere, kunne see eders gode Gjerninger og formedelst dem prise Gud paa Besøgelsens Dag.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  La deres livsførsel blant folkene være hederlig, så når de taler mot dere som onde mennesker, de kan, ved de gode gjerningene de ser dere gjøre, ære Gud på besøksdagen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ha en god ferd blant folkene, så selv om de snakker imot dere som ugjerningsmenn, kan de ved å se dine gode gjerninger, ære Gud på dagen han besøker.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Lev et godt liv blant folkene, slik at når de anklager dere som ondskapsmenn, får de se deres gode gjerninger og gi ære til Gud på inspeksjonsdagen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Lev et hederlig liv blant hedningene, slik at de, skjønt de anklager dere for å gjøre ondt, kan på grunn av deres gode gjerninger, som de legger merke til, prise Gud på besøkelsens dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ha en god livsførsel blant hedningene, så når de baktaler dere som onde mennesker, kan de ved å se deres gode gjerninger prise Gud på den dagen da han besøker dem.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and se that ye have honest conversacion amonge the getyls that they which backbyte you as evyll doars maye se youre good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitacion.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and lede an honest conuersacion amonge the Heythen, that they which bacbyte you as euell doers, maye se youre good workes, and prayse God in the daye of visitacion.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good woorkes which they shall see, glorifie God in the day of visitation.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles: that where as they backbite you as euyll doers, they may by your good workes whiche they shall see, prayse God in the day of visitation.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  having good behavior among the nations, so in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

• World English Bible (2000)

  having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:16 : 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
• 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Having a good conscience, so that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
• Phil 2:15-16 : 15 That you may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor labored in vain.
• 2 Cor 8:21 : 21 Providing honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
• Phil 1:27 : 27 Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
• 1 Thess 4:12 : 12 That you may walk honestly toward those who are outside, and that you may have lack of nothing.
• Titus 2:7-8 : 7 In all things showing yourself a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, dignity, sincerity, 8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he who is of the opposite side may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.
• Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
• 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
• Rom 12:17 : 17 Repay no one evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
• Luke 19:44 : 44 And will level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.
• Matt 5:11 : 11 Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
• 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is spoken of as evil, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
• 1 Tim 2:2 : 2 For kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty.
• Phil 4:8 : 8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.
• Eph 4:22 : 22 That you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
• 2 Pet 3:11 : 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conduct and godliness,
• 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, let him do so with the ability which God gives: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
• Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is wise and endowed with knowledge among you? Let him show by good conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.
• Ps 37:14 : 14 The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.
• Ps 50:23 : 23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me: and to him who orders his conversation aright I will show the salvation of God.
• Isa 10:3 : 3 And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation that shall come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?
• 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
• Rom 15:9 : 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
• 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you.
• Acts 15:14 : 14 Simeon has declared how God at first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for His name.
• Acts 24:5-6 : 5 For we have found this man to be a pestilent fellow, and a creator of discord among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: 6 Who also attempted to desecrate the temple: whom we seized, and would have judged according to our law.
• Acts 24:13 : 13 Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.
• Gen 13:7-8 : 7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.
• Matt 9:8 : 8 But when the crowds saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, who had given such power to men.
• Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household?
• Luke 1:68 : 68 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people,
• Luke 6:22 : 22 Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.
• 1 Pet 3:1-2 : 1 In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that if any do not obey the word, they may also be won without a word by the conduct of their wives; 2 While they observe your pure conduct with reverence.
• Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with what you have. For He has said, 'I will never leave you, nor forsake you.'
• Heb 13:18 : 18 Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honorably.
• 2 Cor 13:7 : 7 Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honest, though we be as reprobates.
• Eph 2:3 : 3 Among whom also we all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
• Acts 25:7 : 7 And when he arrived, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around and brought many serious charges against Paul, which they could not prove.