Verse 20

For which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  for hvilket jeg er en ambassadør i lenker; så jeg kan tale med frimodighet, som jeg bør tale.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Derfor er jeg en ambassadør i lenker, for at jeg kan tale med frimodighet, som er nødvendig for meg å tale.

• Norsk King James

  For jeg er en ambassadør i lenker: at jeg der kan tale frimodig, som jeg burde tale.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  for hvis skyld jeg er en ambassadør i lenker, og at jeg må tale med frimodighet om den, slik som jeg bør tale.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For denne grunn er jeg en ambassadør i lenker, for at jeg i det må tale frimodig, som jeg bør tale.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  for hvilket jeg er ambassadør i lenker, at jeg i det kan tale frimodig, slik jeg bør tale.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  som jeg er en ambassadør for i lenker, så jeg kan tale frimodig, slik jeg bør tale.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  for dette er grunnen til at jeg er en ambassadør i lenker, slik at jeg kan tale frimodig slik jeg bør.

• gpt4.5-preview

  som jeg er sendebud for også i mine lenker. Be om at jeg i dette kan tale frimodig, slik jeg bør tale.

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

  som jeg er sendebud for også i mine lenker. Be om at jeg i dette kan tale frimodig, slik jeg bør tale.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  for hvis skyld jeg er en ambassadør i lenker, så jeg kan tale frimodig, som jeg bør tale.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  for det er jeg sendebud i lenker. Be om at jeg med frimodighet kan forkynne det, som jeg bør.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  for hvis Skyld jeg er et Sendebud i Lænker, at jeg maa tale med Frimodighed derudi, som mig bør at tale.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  for hvilket jeg er en ambassadør i lenker, slik at jeg i det kan tale modig, som jeg bør tale.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  for det er jeg en ambassadør i lenker; at jeg i det kan tale frimodig, slik jeg bør tale.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  for dette er jeg en ambassadør i lenker, at jeg der må tale frimodig, slik som jeg bør.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  for hvis skyld jeg er en ambassadør i lenker, at jeg i det må tale modig, som jeg bør tale.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  for det er jeg en ambassadør i lenker, og at jeg kan tale frimodig som det er rett for meg å tale.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  whereof I am a messenger in bondes that therin I maye speake frely as it becommeth me to speake.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  wherof I am a messaunger in bondes, that I maye speake therin frely, as it becommeth me to speake.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Whereof I am the ambassadour in bonds, that therein I may speake boldely, as I ought to speake.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Whereof I am messenger in bondes, that therein I may speake freely, as I ought to speake.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely -- as it behoveth me to speak.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

• World English Bible (2000)

  for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.
• Acts 28:20 : 20 For this reason, therefore, I have called for you, to see you and speak with you, because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
• Phil 1:7 : 7 Just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.
• Eph 3:1 : 1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,
• Col 4:4 : 4 That I may make it clear, as I ought to speak.
• Phlm 1:10 : 10 I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains:
• 1 John 3:16 : 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.
• Jude 1:3 : 3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you, exhorting you to earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.
• 1 Thess 2:2 : 2 But even after we had suffered before and were shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much contention.
• 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;
• 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 For which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.
• Eph 4:1 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling with which you are called,
• Eph 6:19 : 19 And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,
• Phil 1:13-14 : 13 So that my chains in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; 14 And most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
• Phil 1:20 : 20 According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
• Acts 28:31 : 31 preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him.
• 2 Sam 10:2-6 : 2 Then David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me. So David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Do you think that David honors your father, that he has sent comforters to you? Has not David rather sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? 4 Therefore Hanun took David's servants, shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 When they told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return. 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
• Prov 13:17 : 17 A wicked messenger falls into mischief, but a faithful ambassador is health.
• Isa 33:7 : 7 Behold, their brave ones cry aloud; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
• Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
• Jer 1:7-8 : 7 But the LORD said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. 8 Do not be afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.
• Jer 1:17 : 17 Therefore prepare yourself, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: do not be dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.
• Ezek 2:4-7 : 4 For they are impudent children and hardhearted. I do send you to them; and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD. 5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse, (for they are a rebellious house,) will yet know that there has been a prophet among them. 6 And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions: do not be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house. 7 And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse: for they are most rebellious.
• Matt 10:27-28 : 27 What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. 28 And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Acts 5:29 : 29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
• Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the chief captain came near, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and asked who he was, and what he had done.
• Acts 26:29 : 29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only you, but also all who hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.