Verse 9

For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For de selv vittner om oss hvilken inngang vi hadde hos dere, og hvordan dere vendte tilbake til Gud fra avgudene for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud;

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For de forklarer for oss hvilken inngang vi hadde til dere, og hvordan dere vendte om til Gud fra de avgudene for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud,

• Norsk King James

  For de selv forteller oss hvordan dere tok imot oss, og hvordan dere vendte dere mot Gud fra avgudene for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For de selv forteller om hvordan vi kom blant dere, og hvordan dere vendte dere til Gud fra avgudene for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For de selv viser hva slags mottakelse vi hadde hos dere, og hvordan dere vendte dere til Gud fra avgudene for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For de forteller selv om hvilken mottakelse vi fikk hos dere, og hvordan dere vendte om til Gud fra avgudene, for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For de selv forteller om hvordan vi kom til dere og hvordan dere vendte dere bort fra avgudene til Gud for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud,

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For de selv vitner om hvordan vi entret hos dere, og hvordan dere vendte dere til Gud fra avguder for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For de selv forteller om mottagelsen vi fikk hos dere, og hvordan dere vendte dere fra avguder til Gud, for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud,

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

  For de selv forteller om mottagelsen vi fikk hos dere, og hvordan dere vendte dere fra avguder til Gud, for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud,

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For de selv forteller om hvordan vi ble mottatt av dere, og hvordan dere vendte om til Gud fra avgudene for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud,

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For they themselves tell about how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For de selv forteller om hvordan vi kom til dere, og hvordan dere vendte dere til Gud fra avgudene for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  thi de forkynde selv om os, hvilken Indgang vi fandt hos eder, og hvorledes I vendte eder til Gud fra Afguderne, til at tjene den levende og sande Gud,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For de forteller selv om hvordan vi kom til dere, og hvordan dere vendte dere til Gud fra avgudene for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For de selv forteller om oss hvilken mottakelse vi fikk hos dere, og hvordan dere vendte om til Gud fra avgudene, for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud,

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For de forteller selv hvordan vi kom til dere, og hvordan dere vendte dere bort fra avgudene for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For de forteller selv om hvordan vi kom til dere, og hvordan dere vendte dere til Gud fra avguder for å tjene den levende og sanne Gud,

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For de selv forteller hvordan vi kom til dere, og hvordan dere vendte dere fra avgudene til å tjene den levende og sanne Gud,

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For they the selves shewe of you what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you and how ye tourned to God from ymages for to serve the livynge and true god

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For they them selues shewe of you, what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you, and how ye are turned vnto God from ymages, for to serue the lyuynge and true God,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For they themselues shew of vs what maner of entring in we had vnto you, and how ye turned to God from idoles, to serue the liuing and true God,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For they them selues shewe of you, what maner of entryng in we had vnto you, and howe ye turned to God from images, to serue the lyuyng and true God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for they themselves concerning us do declare what entrance we had unto you, and how ye did turn unto God from the idols, to serve a living and true God,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

• World English Bible (2000)

  For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

Referenced Verses

• 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
• 1 Cor 12:2 : 2 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these mute idols, even as you were led.
• Gal 4:8-9 : 8 However, then, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods. 9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly principles, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
• Acts 14:15 : 15 And saying, Men, why do you do these things? We also are men with similar passions as you and preach to you that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things in them,
• Acts 26:17-18 : 17 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Rom 9:26 : 26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there they shall be called the children of the living God.
• 2 Cor 6:16-17 : 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 17 Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.
• 1 Thess 1:5-6 : 5 For our gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and in full conviction; as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake. 6 And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit:
• 1 Thess 2:1 : 1 For you yourselves, brothers, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain:
• 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectively works also in you who believe.
• Deut 5:26 : 26 For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
• 1 Sam 17:26 : 26 David spoke to the men standing by him, asking, What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?
• 1 Sam 17:36 : 36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
• Ps 42:2 : 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
• Ps 84:2 : 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
• Isa 2:17-21 : 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 18 And the idols He shall utterly abolish. 19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly. 20 In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks and into the tops of the rugged rocks, for fear of the LORD and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly.
• Isa 37:4 : 4 It may be the LORD your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD your God has heard: therefore, lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
• Isa 37:17 : 17 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
• Jer 10:10 : 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to endure his indignation.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.
• Dan 6:26 : 26 I make a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be until the end.
• Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God.
• Zeph 2:11 : 11 The LORD will be awesome to them: for he will starve all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.
• Zech 8:20-23 : 20 Thus says the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go quickly to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yes, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23 Thus says the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the garment of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun even to its going down my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, says the LORD of hosts.
• Heb 12:22 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
• Rev 17:2 : 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.