Verse 21

keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  hold dere i Guds kjærlighet, og vent på vårt Herre Jesus Kristi miskunn til evig liv.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Ha dere selv i Guds kjærlighet, mens dere venter på hans nåde som fører til evig liv.

• Norsk King James

  Hold dere selv i Guds kjærlighet, og se frem mot nåden av vår Herre Jesus Kristus til evig liv.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Bevar dere selv i Guds kjærlighet mens dere venter på vår Herre Jesu Kristi barmhjertighet til evig liv.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Hold dere selv i Guds kjærlighet, vent på vår Herre Jesu Kristi miskunn til evig liv.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  hold dere i Guds kjærlighet, mens dere venter på vår Herre Jesu Kristi nåde til evig liv.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  hold dere i Guds kjærlighet, mens dere venter på vår Herre Jesu Kristi miskunn til evig liv.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hold dere fast i Guds kjærlighet, og se med forventning frem til den nåde vår Herre Jesus Kristus gir for evig liv.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Bevar dere selv i Guds kjærlighet, mens dere venter på vår Herre Jesu Kristi miskunn til evig liv.

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

  Bevar dere selv i Guds kjærlighet, mens dere venter på vår Herre Jesu Kristi miskunn til evig liv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hold dere selv i Guds kjærlighet, mens dere venter på vår Herre Jesu Kristi barmhjertighet til evig liv.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Jude.1.21", "source": "Ἑαυτοὺς ἐν ἀγάπῃ Θεοῦ τηρήσατε, προσδεχόμενοι τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.", "text": "*Heautous* in *agapē* *Theou* *tērēsate*, *prosdechomenoi* the *eleos* of the *Kyriou* of us *Iēsou Christou* unto *zōēn aiōnion*.", "grammar": { "*Heautous*": "accusative, reflexive pronoun, masculine, plural - yourselves", "*agapē*": "dative, feminine, singular - love", "*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God", "*tērēsate*": "aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - keep/guard", "*prosdechomenoi*": "present middle participle, nominative, masculine, plural - waiting for/expecting", "*eleos*": "accusative, neuter, singular - mercy", "*Kyriou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - Lord", "*Iēsou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - Jesus", "*Christou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - Christ", "*zōēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - life", "*aiōnion*": "accusative, feminine, singular, adjective - eternal" }, "variants": { "*agapē*": "love/affection/charity", "*tērēsate*": "keep/guard/preserve/maintain", "*prosdechomenoi*": "waiting for/expecting/looking for/anticipating", "*eleos*": "mercy/compassion/pity", "*zōēn*": "life/existence", "*aiōnion*": "eternal/everlasting/age-during" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Hold dere selv i Guds kjærlighet, mens dere venter på vår Herre Jesu Kristi miskunn til evig liv.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  bevarer eder selv i Guds Kjærlighed, forventende vor Herres Jesu Christi Barmhjertighed til det evige Liv.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hold dere i Guds kjærlighet, ventende på vår Herre Jesus Kristus' barmhjertighet til evig liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hold dere i Guds kjærlighet, mens dere venter på vår Herre Jesu Kristi barmhjertighet til evig liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  bevar dere selv i Guds kjærlighet, mens dere venter på vår Herre Jesu Kristi barmhjertighet til evig liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  hold dere i Guds kjærlighet, ventende på vår Herren Jesu Kristi barmhjertighet til evig liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og hold dere i Guds kjærlighet, mens dere venter på vår Herre Jesus Kristus' miskunnhet til evig liv.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and kepe youre selves in the love of God lokinge for ye mercy of oure LORde Iesus Christ vnto eternall lyfe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and kepe youre selues in the loue of God, lokinge for the mercy of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, vnto eternall life.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And keepe your selues in the loue of God, looking for the mercie of our Lorde Iesus Christ, vnto eternall life.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And kepe your selues in the loue of God, lokyng for the mercie of our Lord Iesus Christe, vnto eternall lyfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  yourselves in the love of God keep ye, waiting for the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ -- to life age-during;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Pet 3:12 : 12 Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
• Heb 9:28 : 28 So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and to those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
• Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even to death.
• 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
• 1 John 5:10-11 : 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
• 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who is born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.
• 1 John 5:21 : 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
• 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,
• 1 John 3:16-17 : 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?
• Job 14:14 : 14 If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time I will wait, till my change comes.
• Lam 3:25-26 : 25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. 26 It is good that one should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
• Matt 24:42-51 : 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore you also be ready, for in an hour you do not expect the Son of Man will come. 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. 47 Truly I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, My master is delaying his coming, 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour that he is not aware of, 51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Luke 12:36-40 : 36 And you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the master when he comes shall find watching: truly I say to you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to eat, and will come forth and serve them. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39 And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have allowed his house to be broken into. 40 Therefore be ready also: for the Son of Man comes at an hour you do not expect.
• John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
• John 14:21 : 21 He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.
• John 15:9-9 : 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; continue in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love.
• Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came and had seen the grace of God, was glad and encouraged them all, that with purpose of heart, they would remain faithful to the Lord.
• Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given to us.
• Rom 5:21 : 21 So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Rom 8:39 : 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 2 Thess 3:5 : 5 May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ.
• 1 Tim 1:2 : 2 To Timothy, my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 2 Tim 1:2 : 2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 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 1:18 : 18 The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day, and you know very well how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus.
• 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 Finally there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day; and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing.
• Titus 2:13-14 : 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.