Verse 1

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart;

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Derfor, siden vi har denne tjenesten, som vi har fått av nåde, gir vi ikke opp;

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Derfor, når vi har denne tjenesten, slik som vi er blitt vist nåde, mister vi ikke motet.

• Norsk King James

  Derfor, siden vi har denne tjenesten og har fått miskunn, gir vi ikke opp.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor, siden vi har denne tjenesten, ved Guds barmhjertighet, gir vi ikke opp;

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Derfor, når vi har denne tjeneste, som vi har mottatt nåde, blir vi ikke motløse;

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Derfor, siden vi har denne tjenesten, som vi har fått ved Guds nåde, mister vi ikke motet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor, i og med at vi har denne tjenesten, som vi har mottatt barmhjertighet til, mister vi ikke motet;

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor, ettersom vi har fått denne tjenesten gjennom nåde, gir vi ikke opp.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Derfor mister vi ikke motet siden vi har denne tjenesten, slik som vi har fått miskunn.

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

  Derfor mister vi ikke motet siden vi har denne tjenesten, slik som vi har fått miskunn.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Derfor, da vi har denne tjenesten, slik vi har fått nåde, mister vi ikke motet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we were shown mercy, we do not lose heart.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Derfor, siden vi har denne tjenesten, på samme måte som vi har mottatt miskunn, mister vi ikke motet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor, da vi have denne Tjeneste, efter som os er skeet Barmhjertighed, saa blive vi ikke trætte;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Derfor, når vi har denne tjenesten, slik vi har mottatt nåde, mister vi ikke motet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Derfor, siden vi har denne tjenesten, i og med at vi har fått nåde, mister vi ikke motet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Derfor, siden vi har fått denne tjenesten ved Guds nåde, mister vi ikke motet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Derfor, siden vi har denne tjenesten, fordi vi har fått miskunn, mister vi ikke motet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Derfor, fordi vi har blitt gjort til tjenere for denne nye ordenen, ved den nåde som er gitt oss, er vi sterke:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Therfore seinge that we have soche an office eve as mercy is come on vs we faynte not:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore seynge we haue soch an office (euen as mercy is come vpon vs) we faynte not,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore, seeing that we haue this ministerie, as we haue receiued mercy, we faint not:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therfore, seyng that we haue such a ministerie, as we haue receaued mercie, we faynt not:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don't faint.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don't faint.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Paul’s Perseverance in Ministry Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Thess 3:13 : 13 But you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.
• Gal 6:9 : 9 And let us not grow weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.
• Eph 3:13 : 13 Therefore I ask that you not faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
• 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.
• 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 Who also made us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
• 2 Cor 4:16 : 16 For this reason we do not lose heart; but though our outward man perishes, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
• Rev 2:3 : 3 And have borne, and have patience, and for my name's sake have labored, and have not fainted.
• Isa 40:30 : 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall,
• 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
• Heb 12:3 : 3 For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your minds.
• 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.
• 2 Cor 5:18 : 18 And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;
• 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
• Eph 3:7-8 : 7 Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. 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;