Verse 41

Watch and pray, that you do not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Våk og be, så dere ikke kommer inn i fristelse: ånden er villig, men kjødet er svakt.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  «Våk og be, så dere ikke kommer i fristelse; ånden er villig, men kjøttet er svakt.»

• Norsk King James

  Våk og be, så dere ikke kommer i fristelse: Ånden er villig, men kjødet er svakt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Våk og be, for at dere ikke skal komme i fristelse; ånden er villig, men kroppen er svak.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Våk og be, for at dere ikke skal komme i fristelse; ånden er villig, men kjødet er skrøpelig.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Våk og be, så dere ikke kommer i fristelse! Ånden er villig, men kjødet er skrøpelig."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Våk og be, for at dere ikke skal komme i fristelse! Ånden er villig, men kroppen er veik.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Våk og be så dere ikke faller for fristelse. Ånden er villig, men kjødet er svakt.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Våk og be, så dere ikke faller i fristelse. Ånden er villig, men kjødet er skrøpelig.»

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

  Våk og be, så dere ikke faller i fristelse. Ånden er villig, men kjødet er skrøpelig.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Våk og be om at dere ikke må komme i fristelse! Ånden er villig, men kroppen er svak.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Våk og be om at dere ikke må komme i fristelse. Ånden er villig, men kroppen er svak.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vaager og beder, at I ikke skulle komme i Fristelse; Aanden er vel redebon, men Kjødet er skrøbeligt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Våk og be, for at dere ikke skal komme i fristelse. Ånden er villig, men kjødet er skrøpelig.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Våk og be, så dere ikke kommer i fristelse. Ånden er villig, men kjødet er skrøpelig."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Våk og be om at dere ikke må komme i fristelse. Ånden er villig, men kjødet er skrøpelig.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Våk og be, for at dere ikke skal falle i fristelse. Ånden er villig, men kjødet er svakt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  «Våk og be, for at dere ikke skal komme i fristelse: Ånden er vel villig, men kroppen er svak.»

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  watche and praye that ye fall not into temptacion. The spirite is willynge but the flesshe is weake.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Watch & praye, that ye fall not in to temptacion. The sprete is wyllinge, but the flesh is weake.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Watch, and praie, that yee enter not into tentation: the spirit in deede is readie, but the flesh is weake.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Watche, and praye, that ye enter not into temptation: The spirite in deede is wyllyng, but the fleshe is weake.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed› [is] ‹willing, but the flesh› [is] ‹weak.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Referenced Verses

• Matt 6:13 : 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
• Matt 25:13 : 13 Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man comes.
• Mark 14:38 : 38 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
• Luke 22:46 : 46 And said to them, Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.
• 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest when I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.
• 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
• Gal 5:16-17 : 16 I say then, walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you cannot do the things that you wish.
• Eph 6:18 : 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;
• Rom 7:18-25 : 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) nothing good dwells: for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. 19 For the good that I want to do, I do not do; but the evil I do not want to do, that I do. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 21 I find then a law, that when I want to do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
• 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
• 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
• 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment;
• Rev 3:10 : 10 Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.
• Rev 16:15 : 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watches and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.
• Luke 8:13 : 13 They on the rock are they, who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
• Luke 21:36 : 36 Watch therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.
• Luke 22:40 : 40 And when he was at the place, he said to them, Pray that you do not enter into temptation.
• Matt 26:38 : 38 Then he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death: stay here, and watch with me.
• Mark 13:33-37 : 33 Take heed, watch and pray: for you do not know when the time is. 34 For the Son of Man is like a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. 35 Watch therefore: for you do not know when the master of the house comes, in the evening, or at midnight, or at the rooster crowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say to you I say to all, Watch.
• Matt 24:42 : 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.
• Ps 119:32 : 32 I will run the course of Your commandments, for You shall enlarge my heart.
• Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, do not pass by it, turn from it, and pass away.
• Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; the desire of our soul is for Your name and for the remembrance of You. 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
• Ps 119:1 : 1 ALEPH. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
• Ps 119:24-25 : 24 Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. 25 DALETH. My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
• Ps 119:35-37 : 35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it. 36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness. 37 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way.
• Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, you evildoers, for I will keep the commandments of my God.
• Ps 119:117 : 117 Hold me up, and I shall be safe, and I shall observe Your statutes continually.
• Luke 11:4 : 4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
• Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, to condemn sin in the flesh.
• 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you are able; but with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
• Phil 3:12-14 : 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.
• Gal 5:24 : 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.