Verse 16

Having a good conscience, so that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Ha en god samvittighet, så de som taler ondt om dere som om dere var onde, kan bli skammet over å beskylde deres gode liv i Kristus.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  med mildhet og respekt; ha en god samvittighet, så når de taler ondt om dere som om dere var onde, kan de bli til skam de som sprer løgner om deres gode oppførsel i Kristus.

• Norsk King James

  Ha en god samvittighet; slik at hvis de taler ondt om dere som om dere var ondsinnede, kan de bli skamfulle over de falske beskyldningene mot deres gode oppførsel i Kristus.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ha en god samvittighet, slik at de som håner deres gode liv i Kristus, kan bli til skamme når de baktaler dere som om dere var ugjerningsmenn.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  idet I har en god samvittighet, forat de som baktaler eders gode liv i Kristus, må bli til skamme når de baktaler eder som om I var ugjerningsmenn.?

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Ha en god samvittighet, så når dere blir utsatt for onde rykter, skal de som snakker ondt om deres gode livsførsel i Kristus bli gjort til skamme.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ha en god samvittighet, så når de taler ondt om dere som om dere var misgjernere, kan de bli til skamme når de ser deres gode oppførsel i Kristus.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Med en god samvittighet, slik at når andre taler ondt om dere og anklager dere for å handle urett, blir de skamfulle over å falskt anklage den gode levevisen dere viser i Kristus.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Ha en god samvittighet, slik at når dere blir baktalt som om dere var onde gjerningsmenn, vil de som falskt anklager deres gode ferd i Kristus, måtte skamme seg.

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

  Ha en god samvittighet, slik at når dere blir baktalt som om dere var onde gjerningsmenn, vil de som falskt anklager deres gode ferd i Kristus, måtte skamme seg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ha en god samvittighet, så de som baktaler deres gode livsførsel i Kristus blir til skamme i det de forsøker å skade dere.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Yet do so with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are maligned, those who accuse your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  med en god samvittighet, slik at de som taler ondt om dere som om dere var onde, må bli til skamme når de baktaler deres gode adferd i Kristus.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  og haver en god Samvittighed, saa at de, der haane eders gode Omgjængelse i Christo, maae beskjæmmes, idet de bagtale eder som Misdædere.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ha en god samvittighet, slik at de som snakker ondt om dere som om dere var onde, kan bli til skamme når de beskylder deres gode oppførsel i Kristus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  ha en god samvittighet, så de som taler ondt om dere som om onde gjerningsmenn, kan bli skuffet av deres gode livsførsel i Kristus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ha en god samvittighet, slik at de som baktaler dere for deres gode ferd i Kristus, må bli til skamme når de anklager dere som misgjørere.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ha en god samvittighet, så de som baktaler deres gode oppførsel i Kristus kan bli gjort skamfulle.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Bevisst på at dere ikke har gjort noe galt, så de som snakker ondt om deres gode kristne livsførsel blir til skamme.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  havinge a good consciece that when they backbyte you as evyll doars they maye be ashamed for as moche as they have falsely accused youre good conversacion in Christ.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  hauynge a good conscience, that they which bacbyte you as euell doers, maye be ashamed, that they haue falsely accused youre good couersacion in Christ.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And that with mekenesse and feare, hauyng a good conscience: that where as they backebite you as euyll doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good manner of life in Christ.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.

• World English Bible (2000)

  having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 2:12 : 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.
• Heb 13:18 : 18 Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honorably.
• 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
• 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
• 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.
• Acts 24:16 : 16 And here I exercise myself, to have always a conscience without offense toward God, and toward men.
• 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith:
• 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
• 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.
• 1 Tim 1:19 : 19 Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected concerning faith have suffered shipwreck,
• 2 Tim 1:3 : 3 I thank God, whom I serve from my ancestors with a pure conscience, that without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day;
• Titus 2:8 : 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.
• Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Rom 9:1 : 1 I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
• 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.
• 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.