Verse 12

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Epaphras, som er en av dere, en Kristi tjener, hilser dere, alltid ivrig i bønnene for dere, slik at dere må stå perfekte og fullkomne i all Guds vilje.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Epaphras, en av dere, sender hilsen til dere, en Kristi tjener, som alltid kjemper i bønnene for dere, så dere må stå sterke og fylt med all Guds vilje.

• Norsk King James

  Epaphras, en av dere, er Kristi tjener og hilser dere. Han arbeider alltid ivrig for dere i bønn, slik at dere må stå sterke og hele i hele Guds vilje.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Epafras hilser dere, en tjener av Kristus fra deres sted, som alltid kjemper for dere i sine bønner, slik at dere kan stå fullkomne og fullt overbevist i all Guds vilje.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Epaphras, som er en av dere, en tjener av Kristus Jesus, hilser dere. Han kjemper alltid for dere i bønnene, at dere må stå fullkomne og fullt visselige i all Guds vilje.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Epafras, som er en av dere, en tjener for Kristus, hilser dere. Han kjemper alltid for dere i bønnene sine, så dere kan stå fullkomne og fullt overbevist i hele Guds vilje.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Epaphras, som er en av dere, en tjener for Kristus, hilser dere. Han kjemper alltid for dere i bønn, for at dere skal stå fullkomne og fullt forvisset i all Guds vilje.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Epaphras, som er en av dere og en tjener for Kristus, hilser dere og arbeider utrettelig for dere i bønn, slik at dere skal være fullkomne og komplette i all Guds vilje.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Epafras, som er en av deres egne, en tjener for Kristus, hilser dere. Han kjemper alltid for dere i sine bønner, så dere kan stå fullkomne og fullført i hele Guds vilje.

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

  Epafras, som er en av deres egne, en tjener for Kristus, hilser dere. Han kjemper alltid for dere i sine bønner, så dere kan stå fullkomne og fullført i hele Guds vilje.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Epaphras, en av dere, en tjener for Kristus Jesus, sender sine hilsener. Han kjemper alltid for dere i sine bønner, for at dere kan stå modne og fullt overbeviste i hele Guds vilje.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you. He is always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Epaphras, som er en av deres egne og en tjener av Kristus Jesus, hilser dere. Han kjemper alltid for dere i sine bønner, at dere kan stå fullkomne og fullt overbeviste i hele Guds vilje.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Epaphras hilser eder, han, som er fra eder, en Christi Tjener, som altid strider for eder i (sine) Bønner, at I maatte staae fuldkomne og fuldendte efter al Guds Villie.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Epaphras, som er en av dere, en tjener av Kristus, hilser dere, alltid ivrig arbeidende for dere i bønn, slik at dere kan stå fullkomne og fullt overbeviste i all Guds vilje.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Epaphras, som er en av dere, Kristi tjener, hilser dere, alltid stridende for dere i sine bønner, at dere må stå fullkomne og fullvoksne i all Guds vilje.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Epaphras, som er en av dere, en tjener av Kristus, hilser dere, alltid i bønn for dere, for at dere skal stå fullkomne og oppfylte i hele Guds vilje.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Epaphras, som er en av dere, en tjener for Kristus Jesus, hilser dere, alltid stridende for dere i bønn, for at dere skal stå fullkomne og fullt overbeviste i all Guds vilje.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Epaphras, som er en av dere, en tjener for Kristus Jesus, sender dere sin kjærlighet, alltid opptatt av dere i sine bønner, at dere må bli fullkomne og fulle av visshet om Guds hele hensikt.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Epaphras the servaut of Christ which is one of you saluteth you and all wayes laboreth fervently for you in prayers that ye maye stonde perfect and full in all that is the will of God.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Epaphras a seruaunt of Christ, which is one of you, saluteth you, & allwaye laboureth feruently for you in prayers, yt ye maye stonde perfecte and full, in all that is the wil of God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Epaphras the seruant of Christ, which is one of you, saluteth you, and alwayes striueth for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect, and full in all the will of God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Epaphras which is of you, a seruaunt of Christe, saluteth you, alwayes labouryng feruently for you in prayers, that ye may stande perfect and fylled in all the wyll of God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Salute you doth Epaphras, who `is' of you, a servant of Christ, always striving for you in the prayers, that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 15:30 : 30 Now I urge you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
• Phlm 1:23 : 23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you;
• Col 1:7 : 7 As you also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you;
• Col 1:28 : 28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
• 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.
• Matt 5:48 : 48 Therefore be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
• Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was like great drops of blood falling to the ground.
• John 12:26 : 26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will honor him.
• Rom 15:14 : 14 And I myself am also persuaded of you, my brethren, that you are also full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
• 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be infants, but in understanding be mature.
• 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
• 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.
• Gal 4:19 : 19 My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,
• Phil 3:12-15 : 12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us, therefore, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think differently, God will reveal even this to you.
• Col 2:1-9 : 1 For I wish that you knew what great conflict I have for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; 2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 And this I say, lest anyone should beguile you with enticing words. 5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing to see your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. 6 As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest anyone spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the basic principles of the world, and not after Christ. 9 For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and power: 11 In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also you are raised with him through the faith of the working of God, who has raised him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 16 Let no one therefore judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days; 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the substance is of Christ. 18 Let no one beguile you of your reward in a false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 And not holding to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God. 20 Therefore if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations, 21 "Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle," 22 Which all concern things which perish with the using, according to the commandments and doctrines of men? 23 These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
• Col 4:1-2 : 1 Masters, give to your servants that which is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
• 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And may the very God of peace sanctify you completely; and I pray God your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Heb 5:7 : 7 In the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His reverent submission;
• Heb 5:14-6:1 : 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. 1 Therefore, leaving the foundational teachings of Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
• Jas 1:1 : 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greetings.
• Jas 5:16 : 16 Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
• 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:
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
• Col 1:9 : 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
• Col 1:22 : 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight: