Verse 9

But concerning brotherly love, you do not need that I write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men når det gjelder brødrekjærlighet, behøver vi ikke skrive til dere, for dere er selv undervist av Gud til å elske hverandre.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Når det gjelder brorskjærlighet, har dere ikke behov for at vi skriver til dere, for dere er lærte av Gud til å elske hverandre.

• Norsk King James

  Men når det gjelder brødrekjærlighet, trenger jeg ikke å skrive til dere; for dere selv er undervist av Gud til å elske hverandre.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Når det gjelder broderkjærlighet, har dere ikke behov for at jeg skriver til dere, for dere er selv lært av Gud til å elske hverandre.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men om broderkjærlighet behøver dere ikke at jeg skriver til dere, for dere selv er av Gud lært til å elske hverandre.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Når det gjelder broderkjærlighet, har dere ikke behov for at noen skriver til dere, for dere er selv blitt lært av Gud å elske hverandre.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Når det gjelder broderkjærligheten, trenger dere ikke at jeg skriver til dere, for dere er selv lært av Gud til å elske hverandre.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Når det gjelder broderkjærlighet, trenger jeg ikke å skrive til dere, for dere er selv lært av Gud å elske hverandre.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Når det gjelder broderkjærligheten, har dere ikke behov for at jeg skriver til dere, for dere er selv opplært av Gud til å elske hverandre.

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

  Når det gjelder broderkjærligheten, har dere ikke behov for at jeg skriver til dere, for dere er selv opplært av Gud til å elske hverandre.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Om broderkjærlighet trenger dere ikke at jeg skriver til dere, for dere er gudlærte til å elske hverandre.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Når det gjelder broderkjærlighet, har dere ikke behov for at vi skriver til dere, for dere er selv lært av Gud til å elske hverandre.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men om Broderkjærlighed have I ikke behov, at jeg skal skrive eder til; thi I ere selv lærte af Gud at elske hverandre;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men om broderkjærlighet trenger jeg ikke skrive til dere, for dere selv er lært av Gud til å elske hverandre.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men når det gjelder broderlig kjærlighet, har dere ikke behov for at noen skriver til dere. For dere er selv lært av Gud til å elske hverandre,

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Når det gjelder broderkjærlighet, trenger dere ikke at jeg skriver til dere, for dere er selv opplært av Gud til å elske hverandre,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men om broderkjærlighet har dere ikke behov for at noen skriver til dere, for dere er selv lært av Gud å elske hverandre.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men om å elske brødrene er det ikke nødvendig for meg å si noe i dette brevet: for dere har Guds lærdom om at kjærlighet til hverandre er rett og nødvendig;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But as touchynge brotherly love ye nede not that I wryte vnto you. For ye are taught of God to love on another.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But as touchinge brotherly loue, ye nede not that I wryte vnto you, for ye youre selues are taught of God to loue one another:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But as touching brotherly loue, ye neede not that I write vnto you: for ye are taught of God to loue one another.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But as touchyng brotherly loue, ye nede not that I write vnto you: For ye are taught of God to loue one another.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of `my' writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;

• World English Bible (2000)

  But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 3:11 : 11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
• Rom 12:10 : 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love; in honor giving preference to one another;
• 1 John 3:23 : 23 And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
• 1 Thess 5:1 : 1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that I write to you.
• Heb 13:1 : 1 Let brotherly love continue.
• John 13:34-35 : 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
• 1 John 4:21-5:1 : 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. 1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.
• 1 John 2:10 : 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
• 1 John 2:20-27 : 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 24 Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he has promised us—eternal life. 26 These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. 27 But the anointing which you have received from him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in him.
• 1 John 3:14-19 : 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
• John 14:26 : 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I have said to you.
• John 15:12-17 : 12 This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 From now on I call you not servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you ask of the Father in my name, He may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, that you love one another.
• Acts 4:32 : 32 Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
• Lev 19:8 : 8 Therefore everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
• Ps 133:1 : 1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!
• Isa 51:13 : 13 And you forget the LORD your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and you fear continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
• Jer 31:34 : 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
• Matt 22:39 : 39 And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
• John 6:44-45 : 44 No man can come to me, except the Father who has sent me draws him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught by God. Every man therefore who has heard, and has learned from the Father, comes to me.
• 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;
• 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And above all things have fervent love among yourselves: for love will cover a multitude of sins.
• 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love.
• Heb 8:10-11 : 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
• Heb 10:16 : 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,
• Eph 5:1-2 : 1 Be therefore followers of God, as beloved children; 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
• 1 John 4:7-9 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.