Colossians 1:10

Colossians 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
• New International Version (NIV)so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
• English Standard Version (ESV)so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
• New King James Version (NKJV)that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Context of Colossians 1:10

8who also told us of your love in the Spirit. 9For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God, 11being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.

Colossians 1:10 word by word

περιπατῆσαι ἀξίως τοῦ κυρίου εἰς πᾶσαν ἀρεσκείαν ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ καρποφοροῦντες καὶ αὐξανόμενοι τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thatπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• worthyἀξίωςaxiōs · appropriatelyG516
• of the Lordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• pleasingἀρεσκείαareskeia · pleasingG699
• being fruitfulκαρποφορέωkarpophoreō · to bear fruitG2592
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
• workἔργονergon · workG2041
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• increasingαὐξάνωauxanō · to growG837
• the knowledgeἐπίγνωσιςepignōsis · knowledgeG1922
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Colossians 1:10

• Colossians 2:6Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
• Colossians 4:5Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities.
• Micah 4:5Though all the nations follow their respective gods, we will follow the Lord our God forever.
• Romans 4:12And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.
• Romans 6:4Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.
• Ephesians 4:1I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,
• Ephesians 5:2and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
• Philippians 1:27Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that – whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent – I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
• 1 Thessalonians 2:12exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.
• Colossians 3:20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.
• Proverbs 16:7When a person’s ways are pleasing to the Lord, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.
• Philippians 4:18For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent – a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.
• 2 Timothy 2:4No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.
• Hebrews 11:5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.
• Hebrews 13:16And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

Commentaries on Colossians 1:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord - Suitably to your Christian profession, exemplifying its holy doctrines by a holy and useful life. See the notes on Ephesians 4:1; and on Philemon 1:27; (note). Unto all pleasing - Doing every thing in the best manner, in the most proper time, and in a becoming spirit. Even a good work may be marred and rendered fruitless by being done improperly, out of season, or in a temper of mind that grieves the Holy Spirit…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord - That you may live as becomes the followers of the Lord. How this was to be done he states in this and the following verses. Unto all pleasing - So as to please him in all things; compare Hebrews 11:5. Being fruitful in every good work - This is one way in which we are to walk worthy of the Lord, and so as to please him; see the notes at John 15:8. And increasing in the knowledge of God - This is another way in which…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-14Verses 9-14 The apostle was constant in prayer, that the believers might be filled with the knowledge of God's will, in all wisdom. Good words will not do without good works. He who undertakes to give strength to his people, is a God of power, and of glorious power. The blessed Spirit is the author of this. In praying for spiritual strength, we are not straitened, or confined in the promises, and should not be so in our hopes and desires. The grace of God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Paul prays that God would help his readers understand the the good news about Jesus better and its full expression in their lives. Spiritual growth leads to a clearer understanding of Christian truth and actions that please the Lord. This understanding gives believers the strength and patience to resist evil (1:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Greek, "So as to walk"; so that ye may walk. True knowledge of God's will is inseparable from walking conformably to it. worthy of the Lord--(Ep 4:1). unto--so as in every way to be well-pleasing to God. pleasing--literally, "desire of pleasing." being fruitful--Greek, "bearing fruit." This is the first manifestation of their "walking worthy of the Lord." The second is, "increasing (growing) in the knowledge of God (or as the oldest manuscripts read…Read the comment

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• Grace of God
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Commentaries on Colossians 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings