Verse 12

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Kled dere derfor som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede, med medfølelse, godhet, ydmykhet, mildhet og tålmodighet.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Innkled dere derfor som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede: vis medfølelse, godhet, ydmykhet, mildhet og tålmodighet.

• Norsk King James

  Ha derfor på dere, som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede, medlidenhet, vennlighet, ydmykhet, saktmodighet og tålmodighet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så kle dere derfor som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede, med inderlig barmhjertighet, godhet, ydmykhet, mildhet og langmodighet.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Så ifør dere da, som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede, hjertens barmhjertighet, godhet, ydmykhet, mildhet, langmodighet;

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Kle dere derfor som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede, i inderlig medfølelse, godhet, ydmykhet, mildhet, tålmodighet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ikle dere derfor, som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede, et hjerte fylt av barmhjertighet, godhet, ydmykhet, mildhet og tålmodighet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Kle dere derfor, som Guds utvalgte, hellige og kjære, i barmhjertighet, vennlighet, ydmykhet, mildhet og langmodighet.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Ifør dere derfor, som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede: inderlig medfølelse, vennlighet, ydmykhet, mildhet og tålmodighet.

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

  Ifør dere derfor, som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede: inderlig medfølelse, vennlighet, ydmykhet, mildhet og tålmodighet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Kle dere derfor, som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede, med inderlig medfølelse, vennlighet, ydmykhet, mildhet og tålmodighet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Colossians.3.12", "source": "Ἐνδύσασθε οὖν, ὡς ἐκλεκτοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἅγιοι καὶ ἠγαπημένοι, σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμῶν, χρηστότητα, ταπεινοφροσύνην, πρᾳότητα, μακροθυμίαν·", "text": "*Endysasthe* *oun*, as *eklektoi* of the *Theou*, *hagioi* and having been *ēgapēmenoi*, *splanchna* of *oiktirmōn*, *chrēstotēta*, *tapeinophrosynēn*, *praotēta*, *makrothymian*;", "grammar": { "*endysasthe*": "aorist middle imperative, 2nd person plural - put on/clothe yourselves with", "*oun*": "inferential particle - therefore/then", "*hōs*": "comparative particle - as/like", "*eklektoi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - chosen/elect ones", "*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God", "*hagioi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - holy ones/saints", "*ēgapēmenoi*": "perfect passive participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having been loved", "*splanchna*": "accusative, neuter, plural - inward affections/bowels/heart", "*oiktirmōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of compassions/mercies", "*chrēstotēta*": "accusative, feminine, singular - kindness", "*tapeinophrosynēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - humility", "*praotēta*": "accusative, feminine, singular - gentleness/meekness", "*makrothymian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - patience/longsuffering" }, "variants": { "*endysasthe*": "put on/clothe yourselves with/wear", "*eklektoi*": "chosen/elect/selected ones", "*hagioi*": "holy ones/saints/set apart ones", "*ēgapēmenoi*": "having been loved/beloved", "*splanchna oiktirmōn*": "heart of compassion/tender mercies/compassionate heart", "*chrēstotēta*": "kindness/goodness/benevolence", "*tapeinophrosynēn*": "humility/lowliness of mind/modesty", "*praotēta*": "gentleness/meekness/mildness", "*makrothymian*": "patience/longsuffering/forbearance" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Ikle dere derfor, som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede, inderlig barmhjertighet, godhet, ydmykhet, mildhet og tålmodighet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Saa ifører eder da som Guds Udvalgte, Hellige og Elskede, inderlig Barmhjertighed, Godhed, Ydmyghed, Sagtmodighed, Langmodighed,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ikle dere derfor, som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede, inderlig barmhjertighet, godhet, ydmykhet, mildhet, tålmodighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ikle dere derfor som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede, et hjerte fullt av medfølelse, vennlighet, ydmykhet, mildhet og tålmodighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Kle dere derfor som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede, i inderlig barmhjertighet, godhet, ydmykhet, mildhet og langmodighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så kle dere som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede, i et hjerte fullt av barmhjertighet, vennlighet, ydmykhet, saktmodighet og tålmodighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Som Guds utvalgte, hellige og elskede, skal deres oppførsel være preget av medfølelse og barmhjertighet, vennlighet, beskjedenhet, mildhet, og evnen til å tåle alt.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Now therfore as electe of god holy and beloved put on tender mercie kyndnes humblenes of myndes meknes longe sufferynge

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now therfore as the electe of God, holy and beloued, put on tender mercye, kyndnes, humblenes of mynde, mekenesse, longe sufferynge,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now therfore as the elect of God holy and beloued, put on the bowels of mercies, kindnesse, humblenesse of minde, meekenesse, long suffering:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Put on therfore (as the elect of God, holy and beloued) bowels of mercie, kyndenesse, humblenesse of mynde, mekenesse, long sufferyng,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Exhortation to Unity and Love Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

Referenced Verses

• Eph 4:32 : 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
• Eph 4:2 : 2 With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
• 2 Pet 1:5-8 : 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge self-control; and to self-control patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are in you and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love Him because He first loved us.
• Col 3:10 : 10 And have put on the new self, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him who created him.
• 1 Thess 1:3-6 : 3 Remembering constantly your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of God our Father; 4 Knowing, beloved brothers, your election by God. 5 For our gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and in full conviction; as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake. 6 And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit:
• Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.
• 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:
• 1 John 3:14-20 : 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
• 1 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; 9 Not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. 11 Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.
• Eph 4:24 : 24 And that you put on the new man, which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
• 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 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: 14 To which he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
• Titus 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the acknowledgment of the truth which is in accordance with godliness;
• Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 Whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
• Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
• Isa 63:15 : 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where is your zeal and your strength, the yearning of your heart and your mercies toward me? Are they restrained?
• Isa 65:9 : 9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah an inheritor of my mountains; my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
• Isa 65:22 : 22 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
• 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.
• Jer 31:20 : 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.
• 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.
• Matt 24:22 : 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
• Matt 24:24 : 24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
• Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
• Mark 13:20 : 20 And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days.
• Mark 13:22 : 22 For false Christs and false prophets will rise, and will show signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, even the elect.
• Mark 13:27 : 27 And then he shall send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.
• Luke 1:78 : 78 Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us,
• Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night to him, though he bears long with them?
• Rom 1:7 : 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.
• Rom 8:29-33 : 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
• 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;
• Rom 11:5-7 : 5 Even so then, at this present time there is also a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work. 7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
• Rom 12:9-9 : 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cling to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love; in honor giving preference to one another;
• 2 Cor 6:6 : 6 By purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision matters nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
• Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.
• Phil 2:1-4 : 1 Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vanity; but in humility let each consider others better than themselves. 4 Do not look out only for your own interests, but also for the interests of others.
• Eph 1:4 : 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:
• Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
• Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
• Isa 45:4 : 4 For Jacob My servant's sake, and Israel My chosen, I have even called you by your name: I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
• 1 Pet 1:2 : 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.
• 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 5:15 : 15 See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone; but always pursue what is good, both for yourselves and for all.
• 2 John 1:13 : 13 The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.
• Rev 17:14 : 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.