Verse 15

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Legg alt ditt engasjement i å vise deg selv godkjent for Gud, som en arbeider som ikke trenger å skamme seg, rettmessig delende ordet om sannheten.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Vær flittig i å vise deg selv som godkjent for Gud, en arbeidstaker uten flauhet, som rett deler sannhetens ord.

• Norsk King James

  Studér for å vise deg selv godkjent av Gud, en arbeider som ikke trenger å skamme seg, og som deler sannhetens ord presist.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Legg vekt på å fremstille deg selv godkjent for Gud, som en arbeider som ikke trenger å skamme seg, som rett deler ut sannhetens ord.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Legg vinn på å fremstille deg for Gud som en som holder prøve, som en arbeider som ingen har å skamme seg over, en som rett deler sannhets ord.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Gjør ditt beste for å fremstille deg for Gud som en som er uklanderlig, en arbeider som ikke trenger å skamme seg, en som forvalter sannhetens ord på rett måte.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Bestreb deg på å fremstå for Gud som en godkjent arbeider, som ikke behøver å skamme seg, som rett deler sannhetens ord.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Gjør ditt ytterste for å vise deg godkjent for Gud, som en arbeider som ikke trenger å skamme seg og deler sannhetens ord på riktig vis.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Legg vinn på å framstille deg selv godkjent for Gud, som en arbeider som ikke trenger å skamme seg, men kan utlegge sannhetens ord på rett måte.

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

  Legg vinn på å framstille deg selv godkjent for Gud, som en arbeider som ikke trenger å skamme seg, men kan utlegge sannhetens ord på rett måte.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vær nidkjær i å fremstille deg selv for Gud som en godkjent, en arbeider som ikke trenger å skamme seg, som legger sannhetens ord rett fram.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Legg vinn på å fremstille deg selv for Gud som en prøveverdig arbeider som ikke har noe å skamme seg over og som riktig deler ut sannhetens ord.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Læg Vind paa at fremstille dig selv retskaffen for Gud, en Arbeider, som ikke behøver at skamme sig, som retteligen uddeler Sandhedens Ord.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Streb etter å bli anerkjent av Gud, som en arbeider som ikke trenger å skamme seg, og som håndterer sannhetens ord rett.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vær ivrig etter å fremstille deg for Gud som en som har fått Guds anerkjennelse, en arbeider som ikke trenger å skamme seg, som rett deler sannhetens ord.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Vær flittig for å fremstille deg for Gud som en arbeidstager som ikke trenger å skamme seg, som rett deler sannhetens ord.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Gjør ditt ytterste for å bli godkjent for Gud som en arbeider som ikke trenger å skamme seg, en som håndterer sannhetens ord rett.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Gjør ditt beste for å bli stående som godkjent foran Gud, som en arbeider som ikke trenger å skamme seg, en som på rett vis forkynner sannhetens ord.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Study to shewe thy silfe laudable vnto god a workman yt nedeth not to be a shamed dividynge the worde of trueth iustly.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Study to shewe thy selfe vnto God a laudable workman, that nedeth not to be ashamed, deuydynge the worde of trueth iustly.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workeman that needeth not to be ashamed, diuiding the worde of trueth aright.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workman not to be ashamed, rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Therefore, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall:
• 2 Pet 1:15 : 15 Moreover, I will make every effort that you may always remember these things after my departure.
• 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
• 2 Cor 5:9 : 9 Therefore we strive, that whether present or absent, we may be pleasing to him.
• 1 Thess 2:4 : 4 But as we were allowed by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
• Acts 20:27 : 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
• 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
• 2 Pet 3:14 : 14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found by him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
• Gal 1:10 : 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
• Eph 1:13 : 13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
• Heb 5:11-14 : 11 Of whom we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God; you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
• 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.
• 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 Now we exhort you, brothers, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.
• 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If you remind the brethren of these things, you shall be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which you have attained.
• 1 Tim 4:12-16 : 12 Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elders. 15 Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all. 16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine; continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
• 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.
• Acts 2:22 : 22 Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know:
• Heb 4:11 : 11 Let us therefore labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.
• Rom 16:10 : 10 Greet Apelles, approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus.
• 1 Cor 2:6 : 6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.
• Rom 14:18 : 18 For anyone who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
• Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?
• John 21:15-17 : 15 When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my lambs. 16 He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
• Matt 13:52 : 52 He said to them, Therefore every teacher of the law who is instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.
• 1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, even as to infants in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food: for until now you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able.
• 2 Cor 6:3-4 : 3 Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry may not be blamed: 4 But in all things commending ourselves as the ministers of God: in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
• Mark 4:33 : 33 And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.