Verse 5

And this they did, not as we expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og dette gjorde de, ikke slik som vi hadde håpet, men de gav først seg selv til Herren, og deretter til oss etter Guds vilje.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og ikke slik som vi hadde håpet, men de ga seg først til Herren og deretter til oss, i tråd med Guds vilje.

• Norsk King James

  Og dette gjorde de, ikke som vi hadde håpet, men først ga de seg selv til Herren, og deretter til oss i henhold til Guds vilje.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de gjorde ikke bare det vi håpet på, men de ga seg selv først til Herren og så til oss, etter Guds vilje.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og de gjorde dette, ikke som vi håpet, men først ga de seg selv til Herren, og deretter til oss ved Guds vilje.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Og det ikke slik som vi hadde håpet, men de ga først seg selv til Herren og deretter til oss, ved Guds vilje.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og det de gjorde, var ikke som vi hadde håpet, men de gav seg selv først til Herren, og deretter til oss ved Guds vilje.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og slik handlet de – ikke slik vi hadde forventet, men de ga først seg selv til Herren, og deretter til oss, etter Guds vilje.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Og ikke bare gjorde de slik som vi hadde håpet, men de ga først seg selv til Herren, og deretter til oss, ved Guds vilje.

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

  Og ikke bare gjorde de slik som vi hadde håpet, men de ga først seg selv til Herren, og deretter til oss, ved Guds vilje.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og ikke som vi hadde håpet, men de gav seg selv først til Herren og deretter til oss etter Guds vilje.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And they exceeded our expectations: they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Og de ga, ikke bare som vi hadde håpet, men først ga de seg selv til Herren og deretter til oss ved Guds vilje.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og (de gjorde) ikke alene, hvad vi haabede, men de hengave sig selv først til Herren, og (dernæst) til os, formedelst Guds Villie;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og de gjorde dette, ikke som vi håpet, men de gav seg først til Herren, og til oss ved Guds vilje.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dette var ikke som vi hadde håpet, men de ga først seg selv til Herren og til oss etter Guds vilje.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og ikke slik som vi hadde håpet, men de ga først seg selv til Herren og deretter til oss, etter Guds vilje.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og dette, ikke som vi hadde håpet, men først ga de seg selv til Herren og deretter til oss ved Guds vilje.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og mer enn vi hadde håpet, ga de først seg selv til Herren og til oss etter Guds vilje.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And this they did not as we loked for: but gave their awne selves fyrst to the LORde and after vnto vs by the will of God:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And not as we loked for, but gaue ouer them selues first to the LODRE, and afterwarde vnto vs by ye wyl of God,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And this they did, not as we looked for: but gaue their owne selues, first to the Lorde, and after vnto vs by the will of God,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And this they dyd not as we loked for: but gaue their owne selues first to the Lorde, and after vnto vs by the wyll of God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And [this they did], not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and [this], not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.

• World English Bible (2000)

  This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 1:28 : 28 Therefore I have also lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
• 1 Chr 12:18 : 18 Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, O David, and we are on your side, son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you. So David received them, and made them captains of the band.
• 2 Chr 30:8 : 8 Now do not be stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD, and enter into His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you.
• 2 Chr 30:12 : 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
• Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing upon your offspring: 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
• Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law within them, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
• Rom 6:13 : 13 And do not yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
• Rom 12:1 : 1 I implore you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
• Rom 14:7-9 : 7 For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 For this reason Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
• 1 Cor 6:19-20 : 19 What? Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
• 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died: 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again.
• 2 Cor 8:1 : 1 Moreover, brothers and sisters, we want you to know of the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia;