Verse 4

But as we were allowed by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men slik vi var betrodd av Gud til å forkynne evangeliet, tale vi; ikke for å behage mennesker, men Gud, som prøver våre hjerter.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men slik som vi er blitt prøvd av Gud til å forkynne evangeliet, taler vi; ikke for å tilfredsstille mennesker, men for Gud, som kjenner våre hjerter.

• Norsk King James

  Men som Gud hadde gitt oss tillatelse til å bli betrodd med evangeliet, så taler vi; ikke for å behage mennesker, men Gud, som kjenner våre hjerter.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men slik vi ble funnet verdige av Gud til at evangeliet ble betrodd oss, taler vi; ikke som for å behage mennesker, men Gud, som prøver våre hjerter.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men etter at vi er blitt anerkjent av Gud til å bli betrodd evangeliet, slik taler vi. Ikke som for å behage mennesker, men Gud, som prøver våre hjerter.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Men som vi er funnet verdige av Gud til å bli betrodd evangeliet, slik taler vi, ikke for å behage mennesker, men Gud, som prøver våre hjerter.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  men siden vi er funnet verdige av Gud til å bli betrodd evangeliet, taler vi; ikke for å behage mennesker, men Gud, han som prøver våre hjerter.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men slik Gud lot oss bli betrodd evangeliet, taler vi, ikke for å behage mennesker, men for Gud, som prøver hjertene våre.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men siden Gud har prøvd oss og betrodd oss evangeliet, taler vi slik, ikke for å behage mennesker, men for å behage Gud, han som prøver hjertene våre.

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

  Men siden Gud har prøvd oss og betrodd oss evangeliet, taler vi slik, ikke for å behage mennesker, men for å behage Gud, han som prøver hjertene våre.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men som vi har blitt godkjent av Gud til å bli betrodd evangeliet, slik taler vi; ikke som prøver å behage mennesker, men Gud som prøver våre hjerter.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak—not to please people, but to please God, who examines our hearts.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Men slik Gud har prøvet oss og funnet oss verdige til å bli betrodd evangeliet, så taler vi; ikke for å behage mennesker, men Gud, som prøver våre hjerter.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  men ligesom vi ere fundne værdige af Gud til at Evangelium maatte os betroes, saaledes tale vi, ikke som vi vilde behage Menneskene, men Gud, som prøver vore Hjerter.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men da vi er godkjent av Gud til å bli betrodd evangeliet, taler vi, ikke for å behage mennesker, men Gud, som prøver våre hjerter.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men som vi er godkjent av Gud for å bli betrodd evangeliet, slik taler vi; ikke for å behage mennesker, men Gud, som prøver våre hjerter.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  men som vi har blitt godkjent av Gud til å bli betrodd det gode budskapet, taler vi, ikke for å behage mennesker, men Gud, som prøver våre hjerter.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men siden vi er godkjent av Gud til å bli betrodd evangeliet, taler vi, ikke for å behage mennesker, men Gud som prøver våre hjerter.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men slik budskapet ble gitt oss med Guds godkjennelse, slik gir vi det ut; ikke for å behage mennesker, men Gud som prøver våre hjerter.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  but as we were alowed of God that the gospell shuld be comitted vnto vs: even so we speake not as though we entended to please men but God which trieth oure hertes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but as we are alowed of God, that the Gospell shulde be commytted vnto vs to preache, euen so we speake, not as though we wolde please me, but God, which tryeth oure hertes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But as we were allowed of God, that the Gospel should be committed vnto vs, so we speake, not as they that please men, but God, which approoueth our hearts.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But as it were alowed of God, to be put in credite with the Gospell: euen so we speake, not as pleasyng men, but God, which tryeth our heartes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who is proving our hearts,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.

Referenced Verses

• Gal 1:10 : 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
• Gal 2:7 : 7 But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised was committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter;
• Rom 8:27 : 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
• 1 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 Let a man account of us as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.
• Jer 32:19 : 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
• 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that You test the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now I have seen with joy Your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to You.
• Ps 17:3 : 3 You have tested my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
• 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.
• Col 3:22 : 22 Servants, obey in all things your earthly masters, not with eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing God.
• Titus 1:3 : 3 But has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was entrusted to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;
• Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
• 1 Tim 1:11-13 : 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13 Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
• 1 Tim 6:20 : 20 O Timothy, guard what has been committed to your trust, avoiding profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge;
• 2 Tim 1:14 : 14 That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
• 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
• 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.
• 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I hope are well known also in your consciences.
• 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 Therefore from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him thus no longer.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• Eph 6:6 : 6 Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
• Ps 44:21 : 21 Shall not God search this out? for He knows the secrets of the heart.
• Ps 139:1-2 : 1 O LORD, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar.
• Prov 17:3 : 3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Ps 7:9 : 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
• Num 27:16 : 16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
• 1 Kgs 8:39 : 39 Then hear in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
• Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?
• Luke 16:11 : 11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
• John 2:24-25 : 24 But Jesus did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all men, 25 And had no need that anyone should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
• John 21:17 : 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
• 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord, yet I give my judgment as one whom the Lord in his mercy has made trustworthy.
• 1 Cor 2:4-5 : 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.