Verse 4

For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lewdness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For det er visse menn som har sneket seg inn, som tidligere er blitt utvalgt til denne fordømmelsen, gudløse menn som forvandlet vår Guds nåde til løssluppenhet og fornekter den eneste Herren Gud og vår Herre Jesus Kristus.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For det har sneket seg inn noen mennesker som lenge har vært bestemt til å møte denne dommen; de er ugudelige og forvender Guds nåde til aksept av usømmelighet, og de benekter vår eneste Herre, Jesus Kristus.

• Norsk King James

  For det har sneket seg inn visse mennesker; de var allerede forutsagt til denne fordømmelsen, ugudelige menn som vender Guds nåde til løsaktighet og benekter den eneste Herre Gud og vår Herre Jesus Kristus.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For noen mennesker har sneket seg inn, slike det lenge har vært skrevet en dom over. De er ugudelige, som misbruker vår Guds nåde til skamløshet og fornekter vår eneste hersker og Herre, Jesus Kristus.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For noen mennesker har sneket seg inn ubemerket, som er før skrevet til denne fordømmelse, ugudelige menn, som forvandler vår Guds nåde til skamløshet, og fornekter Gud, den eneste Herre, og vår Herre Jesus Kristus.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For det har sneket seg inn noen mennesker, som lenge før har vært oppskrevet til denne dommen, ugudelige, som forvrenger vår Guds nåde til et skamløst liv og fornekter vår eneste Hersker og Herre, Jesus Kristus.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For noen mennesker har sneket seg inn, slike som lenge har vært forutbestemt til denne dom, ugudelige mennesker som forvandler vår Guds nåde til skamløshet og fornekter vår eneste Herre og Gud, Jesus Kristus.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For noen mennesker har sniket seg inn ubemerket, som fra tidens begynnelse var forutbestemt til denne fordømmelsen – ugudelige personer som omdanner Guds nåde til utskeielser og fornekter den eneste Herre, Gud, og vår Herre Jesus Kristus.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For det har sneket seg inn visse mennesker blant dere, mennesker som allerede for lenge siden ble bestemt til denne dommen, ugudelige mennesker som misbruker vår Guds nåde til skamløshet, og som nekter den eneste Herre Gud og vår Herre Jesus Kristus.

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

  For det har sneket seg inn visse mennesker blant dere, mennesker som allerede for lenge siden ble bestemt til denne dommen, ugudelige mennesker som misbruker vår Guds nåde til skamløshet, og som nekter den eneste Herre Gud og vår Herre Jesus Kristus.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For visse mennesker har sneket seg inn uten å bli merket, de som for lenge siden ble forut bestemt til denne dommen: ugudelige, som forvender vår Guds nåde til skamløshet og fornekter vår eneste herre og mester, Jesus Kristus.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For certain people have secretly slipped in among you—those who were written about long ago as being destined for this condemnation. They are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into a license for immorality and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For noen mennesker har sneket seg inn, de som lenge i forveien var bestemt for denne dom, ugudelige menn som forvandler vår Guds nåde til skamløshet og fornekter vår eneste Hersker og Herre, Jesus Kristus.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi nogle Mennesker have indsneget sig, om hvilke fordum denne Dom er forud skreven: (De ere) Ugudelige, som misbruge vor Guds Naade til Uteerlighed og fornegte den eneste Hersker, Gud, og vor Herre Jesum Christum.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For det har sneket seg inn visse menn, som for lenge siden var bestemt til denne dom, ugudelige menn som misbruker Guds nåde til utsvevelser og fornekter vår eneste hersker og Herre, Jesus Kristus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For det har sneket seg inn visse personer, ugudelige mennesker som lenge siden ble skrevet om for denne dommen, som forvandler vår Guds nåde til utsvevelser og fornekter vår eneste Herre og Mester, Jesus Kristus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For enkelte mennesker har sneket seg inn ubemerket, slike som for lenge siden ble bestemt til denne dommen, ugudelige, som misbruker vår Guds nåde til utskeielser, og som fornekter vår eneste Mester, Gud, og Herre – Jesus Kristus.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For det har sneket seg inn noen mennesker som lenge har vært forutsagt til denne dommen, ugudelige mennesker, som misbruker vår Guds nåde til umoralskhet og fornektelse av vår eneste herre og mester, Jesus Kristus.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For enkelte mennesker har sneket seg inn blant dere; slike som allerede er forutbestemt til denne dommen i de hellige skrifter, ugudelige menn som forvandler vår Guds nåde til en usømmelighet og fornekter vår eneste Herre og Mester, Jesus Kristus.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For ther are certayne craftely crept in of which it was write afore tyme vnto soche iudgemet. They are vngodly and turne the grace of oure God vnto wantannes and denye God the only Lorde and oure Lorde Iesus Christ.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For there are certayne craftely crept in, of which it was wrytten afore tyme vnto soche iudgement. They are vngodly, and turne the grace of oure God vnto wantanes, and denye God the onely LORDE, and oure LORDE Iesus Christ.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For there are certaine men crept in, which were before of olde ordeined to this condemnation: vngodly men they are which turne the grace of our God into wantonnesse, and denie God the onely Lord, and our Lord Iesus Christ.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For there are certayne vngodly men craftily crept in, which were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation: They turne the grace of our God vnto wantonnesse, and denye God which is the only Lorde, and our Lorde Iesus Christe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord -- Jesus Christ -- denying,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For there are certain men crept in privily, [even] they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For certain men have secretly slipped in among you– men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe– ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Referenced Verses

• Gal 2:4 : 4 And that because of false brethren stealthily brought in, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
• 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their pernicious ways; by whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.
• 1 John 2:22 : 22 Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.
• 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 And especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed, and not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
• 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
• 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 For of this sort are those who creep into households and lead captive gullible women loaded with sins, led away by various lusts,
• Titus 1:15-16 : 15 To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled. 16 They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
• 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 As free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
• Gal 5:13 : 13 For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
• 2 Pet 2:18-22 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "The dog returns to his own vomit," and "the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."
• 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved for fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
• 2 Pet 2:5-6 : 5 And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemning them with an overthrow, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly;
• Heb 12:15-16 : 15 Looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; 16 Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
• Jude 1:15 : 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.'
• Eph 4:14 : 14 That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness by which they lie in wait to deceive;
• 1 Tim 6:15-16 : 15 Which in His own time He will show, who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords; 16 Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see: to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
• 1 Pet 4:18 : 18 And if the righteous are scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?
• Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;
• 2 Sam 22:5 : 5 When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
• Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
• Ps 62:2 : 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.
• Matt 13:25 : 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
• 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.
• Acts 15:24 : 24 Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, You must be circumcised and keep the law—to whom we gave no such commandment—
• Rom 6:1-2 : 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not. How shall we who are dead to sin live any longer in it?
• Rom 9:21-22 : 21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor? 22 What if God, willing to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction:
• Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been revealed.