Verse 13

Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  han som før var en bespotter, og en forfølger, og en voldelig: men jeg fikk barmhjertighet, fordi jeg gjorde det i uvitenhet, i vantro.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  selv om jeg tidligere var en spotter, forfølger og voldsom person; men jeg fikk barmhjertighet, fordi jeg handlet i uvitenhet i vantro.

• Norsk King James

  Som før var en bespotter, en forfølger og skadelig; men jeg fikk barmhjertighet fordi jeg gjorde det uvitende i vantro.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  meg som tidligere var en spotter, en forfølger og en voldsmann. Men jeg fant barmhjertighet fordi jeg handlet i uvitenhet og vantro.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  enda jeg før var en spotter og forfølger og voldsmann; men jeg fikk miskunn, for jeg gjorde det uvitende i vantro.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  enda jeg tidligere var en spotter, forfølger og voldsmann. Men jeg fikk miskunn, fordi jeg gjorde det i vantro og uvitenhet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Selv om jeg tidligere var en spotter, en forfølger og voldelig, fikk jeg likevel miskunn, fordi jeg handlet i uvitenhet og vantro.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  han, som tidligere var en blasfemer, en forfølger og forårsaket skade, men jeg ble vist nåde fordi jeg, i uvitenhet, handlet i vantro.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Jeg som tidligere var en spotter, en forfølger og en voldsmann; men jeg fikk barmhjertighet, fordi jeg handlet uvitenhet i min vantro.

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

  Jeg som tidligere var en spotter, en forfølger og en voldsmann; men jeg fikk barmhjertighet, fordi jeg handlet uvitenhet i min vantro.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Selv om jeg før var en spotter, en forfølger og en voldsmann, fikk jeg likevel miskunn fordi jeg i min uvitenhet handlet i vantro.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  enda jeg tidligere var en bespotter, en forfølger og en voldsmann. Men jeg fikk miskunn, fordi jeg gjorde det uvitende i vantro.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  mig, som tilforn var en Bespotter og en Forfølger og en Forhaaner. Men mig er Barmhjertighed vederfaren, thi jeg gjorde det uvitterligt i Vantro.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  jeg som tidligere var en spotter, en forfølger og voldelig: men jeg fikk miskunn, fordi jeg handlet uvitende i vantro.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  til tross for at jeg før var en spotter, forfølger og voldsmann. Likevel fikk jeg miskunn, fordi jeg gjorde det i uvitenhet og vantro.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  jeg som før var en spotter, forfølger og voldelig, men jeg fant nåde, fordi jeg gjorde det i uvitenhet, i vantro.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  enda jeg tidligere var en spotter og forfølger og voldsmann. Men jeg fikk miskunn, fordi jeg gjorde det uvitende i vantro.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  enda jeg tidligere hånet ham, forfulgte hans tjenere og var voldelig; men han viste meg barmhjertighet fordi jeg handlet uvitende, uten tro.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  when before I was a blasphemar and a persecuter and a tyraut. But I obtayned mercy because I dyd it ignorautly thorow vnbelefe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  wha before I was a blasphemer, & a persecuter, & a tyraunt: but I optayned mercy, because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeleue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When before I was a blasphemer, and a persecuter, and an oppresser: but I was receiued to mercie: for I did it ignorantly through vnbeliefe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Beyng a blasphemer, and a persecuter, and an oppressour: But yet I obtayned mercie, because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeliefe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did `it' in unbelief,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;

• World English Bible (2000)

  although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

Referenced Verses

• Acts 8:3 : 3 As for Saul, he ravaged the church, entering every house and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.
• John 9:39-41 : 39 And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see might see; and that those who see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.
• Acts 3:17 : 17 And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance you did it, as did also your rulers.
• Heb 6:4-8 : 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 If they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. 7 For the land that drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God: 8 But that which bears thorns and thistles is rejected, and is near to being cursed, its end is to be burned.
• Heb 10:26-29 : 26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who despised Moses' law died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
• 2 Pet 2:21-22 : 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "The dog returns to his own vomit," and "the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."
• 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 Who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
• Num 15:30 : 30 But the soul who does anything presumptuously, whether he is native or a stranger, that soul reproaches the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
• Hos 2:23 : 23 And I will plant her for me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people; and they shall say, You are my God.
• Luke 12:47 : 47 And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
• Luke 23:34 : 34 Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do. And they divided His garments and cast lots.
• Acts 9:1 : 1 And Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
• Acts 9:5 : 5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting: it is hard for you to kick against the goads.
• Acts 9:13 : 13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem:
• Acts 22:4 : 4 And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
• Acts 26:9-9 : 9 I truly thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. 11 And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
• Rom 5:20-21 : 20 Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more: 21 So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Rom 11:30-31 : 30 For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, 31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown to you they also may obtain mercy.
• 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 15:9 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
• Gal 1:13 : 13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.
• Phil 3:6 : 6 Regarding zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness in the law, blameless.
• 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all patience as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
• Heb 4:16 : 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.