Verse 11

For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner, what diligence it produced in you, yes, what clearing of yourselves, yes, what indignation, yes, what fear, yes, what vehement desire, yes, what zeal, yes, what vindication! In all things you have proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Se, for se dette samme, at dere ble sorgfulle på en guddommelig måte, hvilken iver det har produsert i dere, ja, hva forsvar, hva harme, ja, hva frykt, ja, hva brennende lengsel, ja, hva iver, ja, hva hevn! I alle ting har dere vist dere selv være rene i denne saken.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Se, dette er hva Guds sorg har skapt i dere: en lengsel etter rettferdighet, indignasjon, frykt, lengsel, iver og straff! I alt har dere vist dere å være rene i denne saken.

• Norsk King James

  Se nå, dette samme, at dere sorget på en guddommelig måte, hva iver det fremkalte i dere, hva renhet, hva indignasjon, hva frykt, hva ivrig ønske, hva iver, hva gjengjeld! I alle ting har dere vist dere klare i denne saken.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For se, nettopp dette at dere ble bedrøvet etter Guds vilje, hvilken iver det har virket i dere! Ja, forsvar, ja, opprørthet, ja, frykt, ja, lengsel, ja, iver, ja, irettesettelse! I alt har dere vist at dere er rene i denne saken.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For se, selv denne ting, at dere var bedrøvet på gudelig vis, hva iver det virket i dere, ja, hva forsvar, ja, hva vrede, ja, hva frykt, ja, hva lengsel, ja, hva nidkjærhet, ja, hva hevn! I alle ting har dere bevist dere selv å være klare i denne saken.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Se, hva denne bedrøvelsen etter Guds vilje har ført til hos dere: Hva alvor, ja, hvilken forsvarstale, hvilken forargelse, hvilken frykt, hvilken lengsel, hvilken iver, hvilken rettferdig sinne! På alle måter har dere vist at dere er uskyldige i denne saken.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For se, denne samme bedrøvelse etter Guds vilje, hvor mye iver det vekket i dere, ja, hvilken renselse av dere selv, ja, hvilken indignasjon, ja, hvilken frykt, ja, hvilken lengsel, ja, hvilken nidkjærhet, ja, hvilken rettferdighet! I alt har dere vist dere å være uskyldige i denne saken.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Se, dette samme viser at dere sørget på en gudfryktig måte – hvilken omhu det skapte i dere, hvilken renselse, hvilken oppriktig indignasjon, hvilken frykt, hvilket intenst ønske, hvilken iver og til og med hvilket hevn! I alt har dere vist at dere er rene i denne saken.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Se, nettopp dette at dere ble bedrøvet etter Guds sinn — hvor stor iver det har skapt hos dere, ja, hvilket forsvar, hvilken harme over synden, hvilken frykt, hvilken lengsel, hvilken nidkjærhet, ja, hvilken vilje til å sette alt i rette stand! På alle måter har dere vist at dere står rene i denne saken.

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

  Se, nettopp dette at dere ble bedrøvet etter Guds sinn — hvor stor iver det har skapt hos dere, ja, hvilket forsvar, hvilken harme over synden, hvilken frykt, hvilken lengsel, hvilken nidkjærhet, ja, hvilken vilje til å sette alt i rette stand! På alle måter har dere vist at dere står rene i denne saken.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Se, hva denne bedrøvelsen etter Guds vilje har gjort med dere! Hvilken alvor, hvilken rettferdighet, hvilken harme, hvilken frykt, hvilken lengsel, hvilken iver, hvilken straff. I alt dette har dere vist dere uskyldige i denne saken.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  See what earnestness this godly sorrow has produced in you! What eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what readiness to see justice done! At every point you have proved yourselves to be pure in this matter.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For se, denne samme bedrøvelsen etter Guds vilje, hvilken alvor, ja, forsvar, ja, harme, ja, frykt, ja, lengsel, ja, iver, ja, rettferdighet det virket hos dere! I alle ting har dere vist dere å være ren i denne saken.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi see, just dette, at I bleve bedrøvede efter Gud, hvilken Iver virkede det i eder! ja Forsvar, ja Fortørnelse, ja Frygt, ja Længsel, ja Nidkjærhed, ja Revselse! i Alt beviste I, at I vare rene i Henseende til den Gjerning.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Se nemlig hvordan det at dere ble bedrøvet på gudelig vis, har ført til omhu og renhet hos dere, ja, hvilken indignasjon, ja, hvilken frykt, ja, hvilken ivrig lengsel, ja, hvilken nidkjærhet, ja, hvilken hevn! I alt har dere vist dere å være rene i denne saken.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For se, den samme gudfryktige sorgen, hvilken flid den har virket i dere, ja, hvilket forsvar, indignasjon, frykt, lengsel, iver og hevn! I alt har dere vist dere rene i denne sak.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Se, denne samme ting - at dere ble sorgfulle etter Guds vilje - hvor mye iver har det ikke virket i dere! Men forsvar, men harme, men frykt, men lengsel, men iver, men straff; i alt har dere vist at dere er rene i saken.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For se, det samme at dere ble bedrøvet etter Guds vilje, hvilken iver det virket i dere, ja, hvilken renvaskelse av dere selv, ja, hvilken harme, ja, hvilken frykt, ja, hvilken lengsel, ja, hvilken iver, ja, hvilken gjengjeldelse! I alt viste dere at dere var rene i saken.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For dere ser hvilken omsorg deres sorg for Gud skapte i dere, hva slags renselse, hvilken vrede mot synd, hvilken frykt, hvilken lengsel, hvilket alvor, hvilken straff. I alt har dere vist at dere er fri fra synd i denne saken.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Beholde what diligence this godly sorowe that ye toke hath wrought in you: yee it caused you to cleare youre selves. It caused indignacion it caused feare yt caused desyre it caused a fervent mynde it caused punysshment. For in all thynges ye have shewed youreselues that ye were cleare in that matter.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Beholde, where as ye haue had godly sorowe, what diligence hath it wrought in you? Yee a sufficiet answere, displeasure, feare, desyre, a feruet mynde, punyshment. For in all poyntes ye haue shewed youre selues, that ye are cleare in that matter.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For beholde, this thing that ye haue bene godly sory, what great care it hath wrought in you: yea, what clearing of yourselues: yea, what indignation: yea, what feare: yea, howe great desire: yea, what a zeale: yea, what reuenge: in all things ye haue shewed your selues, that ye are pure in this matter.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For beholde this thing, what carefulnesse this godly sorow that ye toke, hath wrought in you: yea what clearing of your selues, yea what indignation, yea what feare, yea what vehemet desire, yea what zeale, yea what punishment. For in all thynges ye haue shewed your selues that ye were cleare in ye matter.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, [what] clearing of yourselves, yea, [what] indignation, yea, [what] fear, yea, [what] vehement desire, yea, [what] zeal, yea, [what] revenge! In all [things] ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for, lo, this same thing -- your being made sorry toward God -- how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve yourselves to be pure in the matter.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 7:7 : 7 And not by his coming only, but by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced even more.
• 2 Cor 7:9 : 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.
• 2 Cor 9:2 : 2 For I know the eagerness of your mind, for which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has inspired many.
• 2 Cor 13:7 : 7 Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honest, though we be as reprobates.
• Eph 4:26 : 26 Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
• Eph 5:11 : 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
• Phil 2:12 : 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
• 1 Tim 5:21-22 : 21 I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality. 22 Do not lay hands hastily on anyone, nor share in other people's sins; keep yourself pure.
• 2 Tim 2:15 : 15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
• Titus 3:8 : 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
• Heb 4:1 : 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, while a promise of entering into his rest remains, any of you should seem to have come short of it.
• Heb 12:15-16 : 15 Looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; 16 Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
• 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in reverent fear;
• 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
• Jude 1:23 : 23 but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
• Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
• Gen 44:6-7 : 6 And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these same words. 7 And they said to him, Why does my lord say these words? God forbid that your servants should do such a thing as this:
• 2 Sam 12:5-7 : 5 David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD lives, the man who has done this shall surely die. 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no pity. 7 Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
• Neh 5:6-9 : 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 7 Then I consulted with myself and rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, You are charging interest, each one from his brother. And I called a great assembly against them. 8 And I said to them, According to our ability, we have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations; and will you even sell your brethren, or should they be sold to us? Then they were silent and found nothing to answer. 9 Also I said, What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies? 10 I likewise, and my brethren and my servants, could demand money and grain from them. I pray you, let us stop this interest. 11 Restore to them, I pray you, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil, that you are charging them. 12 Then they said, We will restore them, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say. Then I called the priests and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise. 13 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. Even so may he be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
• Neh 13:25 : 25 So I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.
• Job 42:6 : 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Ps 2:11 : 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
• Ps 35:13 : 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned to my own bosom.
• Ps 38:9 : 9 Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you.
• Ps 42:1 : 1 As the deer pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God.
• Ps 69:9 : 9 For the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen on me.
• Ps 119:139 : 139 My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten Your words.
• Ps 130:6 : 6 My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning; yes, more than those who watch for the morning.
• Ps 145:19 : 19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him; he also will hear their cry and will save them.
• Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.
• Prov 28:14 : 14 Happy is the man who always fears, but he who hardens his heart will fall into mischief.
• Song 8:6 : 6 Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is as strong as death; jealousy is as cruel as the grave: its coals are coals of fire, with a most vehement flame.
• Isa 26:8 : 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; the desire of our soul is for Your name and for the remembrance of You.
• Isa 66:2 : 2 For all those things my hand has made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is humble and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.
• Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull not accustomed to the yoke: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are the LORD my God. 19 Surely, after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, because I bore the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.
• Dan 6:14 : 14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was greatly displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he labored till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
• Zech 12:10-14 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. 11 In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo. 12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; 14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
• Matt 5:29-30 : 29 And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
• Mark 3:5 : 5 And when he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.
• Mark 9:43-48 : 43 And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched; 44 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched; 46 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire; 48 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.
• John 2:17 : 17 Then his disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house has consumed me.
• Acts 17:16 : 16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, when he saw the city was fully given to idolatry.
• Rom 11:20 : 20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.
• Rom 14:18 : 18 For anyone who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
• 1 Cor 5:2 : 2 And you are arrogant, and have not rather mourned, so that he who has done this deed might be removed from among you.
• 1 Cor 5:13 : 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
• 1 Cor 12:25 : 25 that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.
• 2 Cor 2:6 : 6 The punishment inflicted by many is sufficient for such a person.
• 2 Cor 6:4 : 4 But in all things commending ourselves as the ministers of God: in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.