Verse 6

Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Heller ikke søkte vi ære fra mennesker, verken fra dere eller fra andre, selv om vi kunne vært tyngende, som Kristi apostler.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Vi har heller ikke søkt anerkjennelse fra mennesker, verken fra dere eller fra andre.

• Norsk King James

  Vi søkte ikke ære fra mennesker, verken fra dere eller fra andre, selv om vi hadde hatt rett til å være en byrde som Kristi apostler.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vi søkte heller ikke ære fra mennesker, verken fra dere eller andre, selv om vi kunne ha gjort gjeldende autoritet som Kristi apostler.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Heller ikke søkte vi ære fra mennesker, verken fra dere eller fra andre, når vi kunne ha vært til byrde som Kristi apostler.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Heller ikke søkte vi ære fra mennesker, verken fra dere eller fra andre,

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Heller ikke søkte vi ære fra mennesker, hverken fra dere eller fra andre, når vi kunne ha vært en byrde som Kristi apostler.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Vi søkte heller ikke ære fra mennesker, verken fra dere eller andre, selv om vi kunne ha vært en byrde, slik Kristi apostler var.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Vi søkte heller ikke ære fra mennesker, hverken fra dere eller fra andre, selv om vi som Kristi apostler kunne ha vært dere til byrde.

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

  Vi søkte heller ikke ære fra mennesker, hverken fra dere eller fra andre, selv om vi som Kristi apostler kunne ha vært dere til byrde.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vi søkte heller ikke ære fra mennesker, verken fra dere eller fra andre,

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  We did not seek glory from people, neither from you nor from others.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "1 Thessalonians.2.6", "source": "Οὔτε ζητοῦντες ἐξ ἀνθρώπων δόξαν, οὔτε ἀφʼ ὑμῶν, οὔτε ἀπʼ ἄλλων,", "text": "*Oute* *zētountes* from *anthrōpōn* *doxan*, *oute* from you, *oute* from *allōn*,", "grammar": { "*Oute*": "negative conjunction - neither/nor", "*zētountes*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - seeking", "*anthrōpōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of men/people", "*doxan*": "accusative, feminine, singular - glory/honor/praise", "*allōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of others" }, "variants": { "*zētountes*": "seeking/looking for/searching for", "*doxan*": "glory/honor/praise/recognition" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Vi har heller ikke søkt ære fra mennesker, verken fra dere eller fra andre,

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vi søgte og ikke Ære af Mennesker, hverken af eder, eller af Andre, enddog vi kunde have brugt Myndighed som Christi Apostler;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vi søkte heller ikke ære fra mennesker, verken fra dere eller fra andre, selv om vi kunne vært til byrde som Kristi apostler.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vi søkte heller ikke ære fra mennesker (hverken fra dere eller andre), selv når vi kunne ha gjort krav som Kristi apostler.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  heller ikke for å søke ære fra mennesker, verken fra dere eller fra andre, selv om vi kunne vært en byrde som Kristi apostler.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Vi søkte ikke ære fra mennesker, verken fra dere eller andre, selv om vi som Kristi apostler kunne ha krevd autoritet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Eller søkte ære fra mennesker, fra dere eller andre, selv om vi kunne ha vært en byrde for dere som Kristi apostler.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  nether sought we prayse of men nether of you nor yet of eny other when we myght have bene chargeable as the apostles of Christ

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  nether soughte we prayse of men, nether of you ner of eny other, whan we mighte haue bene chargeable vnto you as the Apostles off Christ,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor [yet] of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  nor seeking of men glory, neither from you nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as Christ's apostles.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

• World English Bible (2000)

  nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 9:1-2 : 1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet certainly I am to you: for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
• 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.
• 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: for working night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
• Phlm 1:8-9 : 8 Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you to do what is fitting, 9 Yet for love's sake I rather appeal to you, being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.
• 1 Thess 3:8-9 : 8 For now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;
• 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.
• Gal 5:26 : 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
• Gal 6:13 : 13 For neither do they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.
• Esth 1:4 : 4 When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty for many days, even a hundred and eighty days.
• Esth 5:11 : 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
• Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glory to search out one's own glory.
• Dan 4:30 : 30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?
• John 7:18 : 18 He who speaks on his own seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
• John 12:43 : 43 for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
• 1 Cor 9:4-6 : 4 Do we not have the right to eat and drink? 5 Do we not have the right to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? 6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have the right to refrain from working?
• 1 Cor 9:12-18 : 12 If others are partakers of this right over you, should not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar? 14 Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel. 15 But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void. 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship. 18 What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.
• 1 Cor 11:9 : 9 Nor was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man.
• 1 Cor 12:13-15 : 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot says, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body?
• 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
• 2 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 Now I, Paul, myself plead with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you: 2 But I plead with you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence by which I think to be bold against some who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
• 2 Cor 10:10-11 : 10 For his letters, they say, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. 11 Let such a person consider this, that as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
• 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction.