Verse 4

By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Ved disse er det gitt oss store og dyrebare løfter: at dere ved dem kan bli delaktige i den guddommelige natur, etter å ha unnsluppet forfallet som er i verden gjennom begjær.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Gjennom disse er de store og dyrebare løftene gitt oss, slik at dere kan bli delaktige i den guddommelige natur, og unngå korrupsjonen som er i verden på grunn av begjær.

• Norsk King James

  Gjennom disse er det gitt oss store og dyrebare løfter, så vi kan bli delaktige i den guddommelige natur, som følge av at vi har unnsluppet korrupsjonen i verden på grunn av begjær.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  har vi fått de største og dyrebare løfter, så dere ved disse kan bli delaktige i den guddommelige natur, når dere flykter fra fordervelsen som kommer av begjær i verden.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  ved hvilke han har gitt oss de største og dyrebare løfter, for at dere ved dem skulle få del i guddommelig natur, etter at dere har flyktet fra fordervelsen i verden, som kommer av lysten.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Gjennom disse har han gitt oss sine store og dyrebare løfter, for at dere ved dem skal bli delaktige i guddommelig natur, etter å ha sluppet unna fordervelsen i verden som kommer av lyst.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Gjennom disse har han gitt oss meget store og dyrebare løfter, slik at dere ved dem kan få del i den guddommelige natur og unnslippe fordervelsen i verden som skyldes lyst.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Gjennom dette har oss blitt gitt svært store og dyrebare løfter, så dere ved hjelp av dem kan bli delaktige i den guddommelige natur, etter å ha unnsluppet verdens fordervelse ved lystens korrupsjon.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Ved dette er de største og mest dyrebare løftene gitt oss, slik at dere ved dem kan få del i guddommelig natur etter at dere har sluppet fri fra den fordervelsen som finnes i verden gjennom lysten.

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

  Ved dette er de største og mest dyrebare løftene gitt oss, slik at dere ved dem kan få del i guddommelig natur etter at dere har sluppet fri fra den fordervelsen som finnes i verden gjennom lysten.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Gjennom dem har han gitt oss sine dyrebare og store løfter, for at dere, ved å flykte fra fordervelsen i verden, som kommer av begjær, kan få del i guddommelig natur.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Through these, He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Ved dette er de største og dyrebare løfter gitt oss, for at dere ved dem skal få del i guddommelig natur, etter å ha sluppet unna fordervelsen i verden på grunn av begjær.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  ved hvilke de største og dyrebare Forjættelser ere os skjenkede, paa det at I ved disse skulle blive deelagtige i den guddommelige Natur, naar I flye den Fordærvelse, (som) formedelst Begjærlighed (er) i Verden,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Gjennom disse har vi fått de største og mest dyrebare løfter, for at dere ved dem kan bli deltagere i den guddommelige natur, etter at dere har flyktet fra fordervelsen i verden på grunn av lyst.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  liker vi hans dyrebare og overmåte store løfter; at gjennom disse kan dere bli delaktige i den guddommelige natur, etter å ha unnsluppet korrupsjonen i verden på grunn av begjær.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  ved hvilke de største og dyrebare løfter er gitt til oss, så dere ved dem kan bli deltakere i guddommelig natur, etter å ha unnsluppet korrupsjonen i verden ved lystene.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Gjennom dem har Han gitt oss sine dyrebare og store løfter, for at dere gjennom dem skal få del i den guddommelige natur og unnslippe fordervelsen i verden som skyldes begjær.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og gjennom dette har han gitt oss håpet om store belønninger som er høyt verdsatt; slik at vi ved dem kan få del i Guds vesen og bli frigjort fra ødeleggelsen som finnes i verden gjennom kjøttets lyster.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  by the meanes whereof are geven vnto vs excellent and moste greate promises that by the helpe of them ye shuld be partakers of the godly nature in that ye flye the corrupcion of worldy lust.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  wherby the excellent and most greate promyses are geue vnto vs: namely, that ye by the same shulde be partakers of the godly nature, yf ye flye the corrupte lust of the worlde:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Whereby most great and precious promises are giuen vnto vs, that by them ye should be partakers of the diuine nature, in that ye flee the corruption, which is in the worlde through lust.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  By the which are geuen vnto vs excellent and most great promises, that by the meanes thereof, ye might be partakers of the godly nature, yf ye flee the corruption of worldly lust.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in that world by lust.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.

• World English Bible (2000)

  by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire.

Referenced Verses

• Heb 12:10 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
• 1 John 3:2 : 2 Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
• Ezek 36:25-27 : 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.
• 2 Pet 2:18-20 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.
• John 1:12-13 : 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the children of God, to those who believe in his name: 13 Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
• Eph 4:23-24 : 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 And that you put on the new man, which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
• Heb 8:6-9 : 6 But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then there would have been no occasion sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, He says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I did not regard them, says the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.
• Heb 9:15 : 15 And for this reason He is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
• Col 3:10 : 10 And have put on the new self, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him who created him.
• Jas 4:1-3 : 1 From where do wars and fights among you come? Do they not come from your desires that war within your members? 2 You desire and do not have; you kill, and covet, and cannot obtain. You fight and war, yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, that you may spend it on your desires.
• 1 Pet 4:2-3 : 2 That he should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in sensuality, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
• 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
• Rom 9:4 : 4 Who are Israelites; to whom belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;
• 2 Cor 1:20 : 20 For all the promises of God in him are yes, and in him Amen, to the glory of God through us.
• 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled faces beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
• 2 Cor 6:17-7:1 : 17 Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. 18 And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. 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.
• Gal 3:16 : 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ.
• Gal 6:8 : 8 For he who sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
• 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world.
• 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise that he has promised us—eternal life.