Verse 4

For out of much trouble and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love I have more abundantly toward you.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For av stor angst og hjertesorg skrev jeg til dere med mange tårer; ikke for at dere skulle sørge, men for at dere skulle kjenne den kjærligheten jeg har mer enn nok til dere.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For jeg skrev til dere med dyp sorg og mange tårer; ikke for at dere skulle bli triste, men for at dere skal forstå hvor mye jeg elsker dere.

• Norsk King James

  For med mye affliction og tårer skrev jeg til dere; ikke for at dere skulle bli triste, men for at dere skulle forstå den kjærligheten jeg har for dere.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Med mye sorg og et beklemt hjerte skrev jeg til dere, med mange tårer, ikke for å gjøre dere triste, men for at dere skulle forstå den kjærlighet jeg har rikelig mot dere.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For med stor trengsel og hjertesorg skrev jeg til dere med mange tårer, ikke for at dere skulle bli sorgfulle, men for at dere skulle vite den kjærlighet jeg i overmåte har til dere.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For med stor nød og hjertesorg skrev jeg til dere med mange tårer, ikke for at dere skulle bli bedrøvet, men for at dere skulle få vite hvor overstrømmende min kjærlighet er til dere.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For ut av stor nød og hjertets angst skrev jeg til dere med mange tårer, ikke for å gjøre dere bedrøvet, men for at dere skulle vite den kjærlighet jeg har rikelig til dere.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For i stor smerte og hjerteskjær skrev jeg til dere med mange tårer; ikke for at dere skulle bli lei dere, men for at dere skulle få vite om den overveldende kjærligheten jeg har til dere.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For ut av stor nød og angst i hjertet skrev jeg til dere med mange tårer, ikke for at dere skulle bli bedrøvet, men for at dere skulle kjenne den kjærligheten jeg i særlig rikt mål har til dere.

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

  For ut av stor nød og angst i hjertet skrev jeg til dere med mange tårer, ikke for at dere skulle bli bedrøvet, men for at dere skulle kjenne den kjærligheten jeg i særlig rikt mål har til dere.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For ut av mye trengsel og hjertets angs skrev jeg til dere med mange tårer, ikke for at dere skulle bli sorgfulle, men for at dere skulle kjenne kjærligheten jeg har rikelig for dere.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For out of great distress and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the love I have for you more abundantly.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For ut av stor nød og hjertesorg skrev jeg til dere, med mange tårer, ikke for at dere skulle bli sorgfulle, men for at dere skulle vite hvor stor kjærlighet jeg har til dere.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi i megen Kummer og med et beklemt Hjerte skrev jeg eder til under mange Taarer, ikke for at I skulde blive bedrøvede, men paa det I skulde kjende den Kjærlighed, som jeg overflødigen haver til eder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For av mye lidelse og hjertets angst skrev jeg til dere med mange tårer; ikke for at dere skulle bli bedrøvet, men for at dere skulle forstå den kjærligheten jeg har i overflod for dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For ut av mye nød og hjertets kval skrev jeg til dere med mange tårer, ikke for at dere skulle bli triste, men for at dere skulle vite hvor mye kjærlighet jeg har for dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For av mye trengsel og hjertets angst skrev jeg til dere med mange tårer, ikke for at dere skulle bli sørgmodige, men for at dere skulle kjenne den kjærligheten jeg har i overflod til dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For ut fra stor nød og hjertets angst skrev jeg til dere med mange tårer; ikke for at dere skulle bli bedrøvet, men for at dere skulle vite hvor stor kjærlighet jeg har til dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For ut av mye nød og smerten i hjertet og mange tårer, sendte jeg brevet til dere; ikke for å gi dere sorg, men for at dere skulle se hvor stor kjærligheten jeg har til dere er.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For in great affliccion and anguysshe of hert I wrote vnto you with many teares: not to make you sory but that ye myght perceave the love which I have most specially vnto you.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For in greate trouble and anguysh of hert wrote I vnto you with many teares: not yt ye shulde be sory, but that ye mighte perceaue the loue, which I haue most specially vnto you.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For in great affliction, & anguish of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that yee should be made sorie, but that ye might perceiue the loue which I haue, specially vnto you.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For in great affliction and anguishe of heart, I wrote vnto you with many teares, not that ye shoulde be made sorie, but that ye myght perceaue the loue which I haue, most specially vnto you.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 Therefore, though I wrote to you, I did not do it for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.
• 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy: for I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
• 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
• Phil 3:18 : 18 For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
• Lev 19:17-18 : 17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him. 18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
• Ps 119:136 : 136 Rivers of water run down from my eyes, because men do not keep Your law.
• Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
• Jer 13:15-17 : 15 Hear, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD has spoken. 16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness. 17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is taken captive.
• Luke 19:41-44 : 41 And when he came near, he saw the city and wept over it, 42 Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will build an embankment around you and surround you and enclose you on every side, 44 And will level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.
• Rom 9:2-3 : 2 That I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
• 2 Cor 7:8-9 : 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though it was only for a season. 9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to repentance: for you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer damage by us in nothing.