Verse 13

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men vi skylder alltid å takke Gud for dere, kjære brødre i Herren, fordi Gud har utvalgt dere fra begynnelsen til frelse i åndelig helliggjørelse og tro på sannheten:

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men vi skylder å alltid være takknemlige til Gud for dere, kjære brødre elsket av Herren, fordi Gud fra begynnelsen har utvalgt dere til frelse ved åndens helliggjørelse og troen på sannheten.

• Norsk King James

  Men vi er forpliktet til alltid å takke Gud for dere, elskede søsken i Herren, fordi Gud fra begynnelsen har utvalgt dere til frelse gjennom Åndens helligelse og troen på sannheten.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men vi er skyldige å alltid takke Gud for dere, søsken elsket av Herren, fordi Gud fra begynnelsen har utvalgt dere til frelse ved Åndens helliggjørelse og tro på sannheten.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men vi er skyldige alltid å takke Gud for dere, brødre elsket av Herren, fordi Gud har fra begynnelsen utvalgt dere til frelse gjennom helliggjørelse av Ånden og tro på sannheten:

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Men vi er skyldige å takke Gud alltid for dere, brødre som er elsket av Herren, fordi Gud fra begynnelsen har utvalgt dere til frelse i Åndens helliggjørelse og tro på sannheten,

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men vi er forpliktet til alltid å takke Gud for dere, søsken elsket av Herren, fordi Gud fra begynnelsen har utvalgt dere til frelse gjennom Åndens helliggjørelse og tro på sannheten.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men vi er forpliktet til alltid å takke Gud for dere, kjære brødre i Herren, for at Gud fra begynnelsen har utvalgt dere til frelse gjennom Åndens helliggjørelse og tro på sannheten.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men vi skylder alltid å takke Gud for dere, kjære brødre, dere som er elsket av Herren, fordi Gud fra begynnelsen har utvalgt dere til frelse ved Åndens helliggjørelse og tro på sannheten.

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

  Men vi skylder alltid å takke Gud for dere, kjære brødre, dere som er elsket av Herren, fordi Gud fra begynnelsen har utvalgt dere til frelse ved Åndens helliggjørelse og tro på sannheten.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men vi er forpliktet til alltid å takke Gud for dere, brødre elsket av Herren, fordi Gud fra begynnelsen valgte dere til frelse ved Åndens helliggjørelse og tro på sannheten.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits for salvation through the sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "2Thessalonians.2.13", "source": "Ἡμεῖς δὲ ὀφείλομεν εὐχαριστεῖν τῷ Θεῷ πάντοτε περὶ ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοὶ ἠγαπημένοι ὑπὸ Κυρίου, ὅτι εἵλετο ὑμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς ἀπʼ αρχῆς εἰς σωτηρίαν ἐν ἁγιασμῷ Πνεύματος καὶ πίστει ἀληθείας:", "text": "We *de* *opheilomen* *eucharistein* to *Theō* *pantote* about you, *adelphoi* *ēgapēmenoi* by *Kyriou*, because *heileto* you the *Theos* from *archēs* to *sōtērian* in *hagiasmō* of *Pneumatos* and *pistei* of *alētheias*:", "grammar": { "*de*": "conjunction - but/and/now", "*opheilomen*": "verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural - we ought/must", "*eucharistein*": "present active infinitive - to give thanks", "*Theō*": "dative, masculine singular - to God", "*pantote*": "adverb - always/at all times", "*adelphoi*": "vocative, masculine plural - brothers", "*ēgapēmenoi*": "perfect passive participle, vocative masculine plural - beloved/having been loved", "*Kyriou*": "genitive, masculine singular - Lord", "*heileto*": "verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - chose/selected", "*Theos*": "nominative, masculine singular - God", "*archēs*": "genitive, feminine singular - beginning", "*sōtērian*": "accusative, feminine singular - salvation", "*hagiasmō*": "dative, masculine singular - sanctification/holiness", "*Pneumatos*": "genitive, neuter singular - Spirit", "*pistei*": "dative, feminine singular - faith/belief", "*alētheias*": "genitive, feminine singular - truth" }, "variants": { "*opheilomen*": "we ought/must/should/are obligated", "*eucharistein*": "give thanks/express gratitude", "*pantote*": "always/at all times/ever", "*adelphoi*": "brothers/brethren/fellow believers", "*ēgapēmenoi*": "beloved/having been loved", "*heileto*": "chose/selected/elected", "*archēs*": "beginning/origin/first", "*sōtērian*": "salvation/deliverance/rescue", "*hagiasmō*": "sanctification/holiness/consecration", "*pistei*": "faith/belief/trust", "*alētheias*": "truth/reality" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Men vi er alltid skyldige til å takke Gud for dere, brødre, elsket av Herren, fordi Gud fra begynnelsen har utvalgt dere til frelse ved Åndens helliggjørelse og tro på sannheten.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men vi ere skyldige, altid at takke Gud for eder, Brødre! Elskte af Herren! at Gud haver udvalgt eder af Begyndelsen til Salighed i Aandens Helliggjørelse og Sandheds Tro,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men vi er skyldige å takke Gud alltid for dere, brødre elsket av Herren, for Gud har fra begynnelsen utvalgt dere til frelse, ved Åndens helliggjørelse og tro på sannheten.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men vi er forpliktet til alltid å takke Gud for dere, brødre elsket av Herren, fordi Gud fra begynnelsen valgte dere til frelse gjennom Åndens helliggjørelse og tro på sannheten;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men vi skal alltid takke Gud for dere, brødre, elsket av Herren, fordi Gud fra begynnelsen valgte dere til frelse, i Åndens helliggjørelse og tro på sannheten,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men vi må alltid takke Gud for dere, Herrens elskede brødre, fordi Gud fra begynnelsen valgte dere til frelse i Åndens helliggjørelse og tro på sannheten.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men vi er skyldige å alltid prise Gud for dere, brødre, elsket av Herren, fordi Gud fra begynnelsen hadde som hensikt at dere skulle ha frelse ved å bli helliget av Ånden og tro på sannheten.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But we are bounde to geve thankes alwaye to god for you brethren beloved of the LORde for because that God hath from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacion thorow sanctifyinge of the sprete and thorowe belevynge the trueth:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But we are bounde to geue thankes allwaye vnto God for you, brethren be loued of the LORDE, because that God hath from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacion in the sanctifienge of the sprete and in beleuynge of the trueth,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But we ought to giue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lord, because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to saluation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and the faith of trueth,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But we are bounde to geue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lorde, because that God hath fro the begynnyng chosen you to saluation in sanctifiyng of the spirite, & in fayth of the trueth:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And we -- we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:

• World English Bible (2000)

  But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Call to Stand Firm But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
• 1 Thess 1:4 : 4 Knowing, beloved brothers, your election by God.
• 1 Thess 5:9 : 9 For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brothers, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds;
• Acts 13:48 : 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
• Eph 1:4-5 : 4 According as He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love: 5 Having predestined us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
• 1 Pet 1:2-5 : 2 Chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification by the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, which does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Rom 9:11 : 11 For the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him who calls;
• Gal 3:1 : 1 O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been clearly set forth, crucified among you?
• 2 Thess 2:12 : 12 That they all might be condemned who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• Eph 2:8 : 8 For by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
• Deut 33:12 : 12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
• 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
• Prov 8:23 : 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was.
• Isa 46:10 : 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• Jer 31:3 : 3 The LORD appeared to me long ago, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.
• Ezek 16:8 : 8 Now when I passed by you, and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my garment over you, and covered your nakedness; yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord GOD, and you became mine.
• Dan 9:23 : 23 At the beginning of your petitions the commandment came forth, and I have come to show you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore, understand the matter, and consider the vision.
• Dan 10:11 : 11 And he said to me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for to you am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.
• Dan 10:19 : 19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not; peace be to you, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken to me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.
• Luke 1:75 : 75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
• John 1:1 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• John 8:44-46 : 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father except through me.
• Col 1:5 : 5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
• Col 3:12 : 12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience.
• Acts 15:9 : 9 and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
• Rom 1:7-8 : 7 To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
• Rom 6:17 : 17 But God be thanked that though you were servants of sin, you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.
• Rom 8:33 : 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
• 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us, and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
• 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
• 1 John 4:10 : 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
• 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love Him because He first loved us.
• 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.
• 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And that from childhood you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
• Heb 1:10 : 10 And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Your hands:
• Jas 1:18 : 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.