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All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better. <a href="/esv/colossians/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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; <a href="/bsb/colossians/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, <a href="/blb/colossians/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> to walk worthily of the Lord: pleasing in all, bringing forth fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God, <a href="/kjv/colossians/1.htm">King James Bible</a> That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; <a href="/nkjv/colossians/1.htm">New King James Version</a> that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; <a href="/nasb_/colossians/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; <a href="/nasb/colossians/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; <a href="/nasb77/colossians/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; <a href="/lsb/colossians/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and multiplying in the full knowledge of God; <a href="/amp/colossians/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord [displaying admirable character, moral courage, and personal integrity], to [fully] please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing in the knowledge of God [with deeper faith, clearer insight and fervent love for His precepts]; <a href="/csb/colossians/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God, <a href="/hcsb/colossians/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God. <a href="/asv/colossians/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; <a href="/cev/colossians/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then you will live a life that honors the Lord, and you will always please him by doing good deeds. You will come to know God even better. <a href="/erv/colossians/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; <a href="/gwt/colossians/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> We ask this so that you will live the kind of lives that prove you belong to the Lord. Then you will want to please him in every way as you grow in producing every kind of good work by this knowledge about God. <a href="/gnt/colossians/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then you will be able to live as the Lord wants and will always do what pleases him. Your lives will produce all kinds of good deeds, and you will grow in your knowledge of God. <a href="/isv/colossians/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> so that you might live in a manner worthy of the Lord and be fully pleasing to him as you bear fruit while doing all kinds of good things and growing in the full knowledge of God. <a href="/msb/colossians/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, <a href="/net/colossians/1.htm">NET Bible</a> 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, <a href="/nheb/colossians/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in every way, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; <a href="/wbt/colossians/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> That ye may walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; <a href="/wey/colossians/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God. <a href="/web/colossians/1.htm">World English Bible</a> that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/colossians/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> to walk worthily of the LORD, pleasing in all, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God, <a href="/blb/colossians/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> to walk worthily of the Lord: pleasing in all, bringing forth fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God, <a href="/ylt/colossians/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God, <a href="/slt/colossians/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For you to walk worthy of the Lord in all pleasing behavior, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/colossians/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> That you may walk worthy of God, in all things pleasing; being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God: <a href="/cpdv/colossians/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> so that you may walk in a manner worthy of God, being pleasing in all things, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God, <a href="/nabre/colossians/1.htm">New American Bible</a> to live in a manner worthy of the Lord, so as to be fully pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit and growing in the knowledge of God, <a href="/nrsvce/colossians/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/colossians/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> That you might live a righteous life, please God with all good works, and bring forth good fruits, and grow in the knowledge of God; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/colossians/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> That you would walk according to what is right, and that you may please God in all good works and yield fruit, and increase in the knowledge of God,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/colossians/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, in order to please him in all things, by means of every good work bringing forth fruit, and increasing in the knowledge, of God, <a href="/godbey/colossians/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all loyalty, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the perfect knowledge of God. <a href="/haweis/colossians/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> that ye may walk worthy of the Lord, well pleasing him in all things, in every good work fruitful, and increasing in the knowledge of God; <a href="/mace/colossians/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> that your conduct may be worthy of the Lord, in every respect agreeable to him, being friutful in every kind of virtue, and increasing in divine knowledge: <a href="/wey/colossians/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God. <a href="/worrell/colossians/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> to walk worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God; <a href="/worsley/colossians/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> that ye may walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; <a href="/parallel/colossians/1-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7q-K-qsfihQ?start=81" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/colossians/1.htm">Thanksgiving and Prayer</a> …9For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10<a href="/greek/4043.htm" title="4043: peripatēsai (V-ANA) -- From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.">so that you may walk</a> <a href="/greek/516.htm" title="516: axiōs (Adv) -- Worthily, in a manner worthy of. Adverb from axios; appropriately.">in a manner worthy</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyriou (N-GMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">Lord</a> <a href="/greek/699.htm" title="699: areskeian (N-AFS) -- Pleasing, willing service. From a derivative of aresko; complaisance.">and may please Him</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasan (Adj-AFS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">every way:</a> <a href="/greek/2592.htm" title="2592: karpophorountes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To bear fruit. From karpophoros; to be fertile.">bearing fruit</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: panti (Adj-DNS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">every</a> <a href="/greek/18.htm" title="18: agathō (Adj-DNS) -- A primary word; good.">good</a> <a href="/greek/2041.htm" title="2041: ergō (N-DNS) -- From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.">work,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/837.htm" title="837: auxanomenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- (a) I cause to increase, become greater (b) I increase, grow. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to grow, i.e. Enlarge.">growing</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">in the</a> <a href="/greek/1922.htm" title="1922: epignōsei (N-DFS) -- From epiginosko; recognition, i.e. full discernment, acknowledgement.">knowledge</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God,</a> 11being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ephesians/4-1.htm">Ephesians 4:1</a> As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: <a href="/philippians/1-27.htm">Philippians 1:27</a> Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending together as one for the faith of the gospel, <a href="/ephesians/5-8.htm">Ephesians 5:8-10</a> For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, / for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. / Test and prove what pleases the Lord. <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-12.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:12</a> encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. <a href="/2_peter/1-5.htm">2 Peter 1:5-8</a> For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; / and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; / and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. ... <a href="/john/15-8.htm">John 15:8</a> This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples. <a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a> But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. <a href="/1_john/2-6.htm">1 John 2:6</a> Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked. <a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1-2</a> Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. / Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-9.htm">2 Corinthians 5:9</a> So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it. <a href="/matthew/5-16.htm">Matthew 5:16</a> In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. <a href="/1_peter/2-12.htm">1 Peter 2:12</a> Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us. <a href="/hebrews/13-21.htm">Hebrews 13:21</a> equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. <a href="/james/3-13.htm">James 3:13</a> Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. <a href="/titus/2-11.htm">Titus 2:11-14</a> For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone. / It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age, / as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div> That you might walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;ye.<a href="/colossians/2-6.htm">Colossians 2:6</a> As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:<a href="/colossians/4-5.htm">Colossians 4:5</a> Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.<a href="/micah/4-5.htm">Micah 4:5</a> For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.all.<a href="/colossians/3-20.htm">Colossians 3:20</a> Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.<a href="/proverbs/16-7.htm">Proverbs 16:7</a> When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.<a href="/philippians/4-18.htm">Philippians 4:18</a> But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.fruitful.<a href="/john/15-8.htm">John 15:8,16</a> Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples… <a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22,23</a> But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, … <a href="/ephesians/2-10.htm">Ephesians 2:10</a> For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.increasing.<a href="/colossians/2-19.htm">Colossians 2:19</a> And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.<a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11</a> He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.<a href="/daniel/12-4.htm">Daniel 12:4</a> But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/9-2.htm">Action</a> <a href="/philippians/1-10.htm">Approval</a> <a href="/colossians/1-6.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-13.htm">Exhibit</a> <a href="/colossians/1-6.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/philippians/1-22.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Fully</a> <a href="/colossians/1-5.htm">Good</a> <a href="/colossians/1-6.htm">Growing</a> <a href="/colossians/1-6.htm">Increasing</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-5.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/philippians/3-11.htm">Order</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">Perfectly</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-6.htm">Please</a> <a href="/philippians/4-18.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-33.htm">Respects</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-12.htm">Results</a> <a href="/philippians/4-8.htm">Right</a> <a href="/galatians/1-7.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/galatians/2-14.htm">Uprightly</a> <a href="/philippians/3-18.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/philippians/4-15.htm">Way</a> <a href="/philippians/2-30.htm">Work</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-1.htm">Worthily</a> <a href="/philippians/4-8.htm">Worthy</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/titus/3-1.htm">Action</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-4.htm">Approval</a> <a href="/colossians/3-13.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/matthew/21-43.htm">Exhibit</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-11.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/genesis/1-22.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/colossians/1-25.htm">Fully</a> <a href="/colossians/1-19.htm">Good</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-12.htm">Growing</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-3.htm">Increasing</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-11.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/colossians/1-18.htm">Order</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">Perfectly</a> <a href="/colossians/1-19.htm">Please</a> <a href="/colossians/3-20.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/titus/2-7.htm">Respects</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-7.htm">Results</a> <a href="/colossians/3-1.htm">Right</a> <a href="/colossians/2-23.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-10.htm">Uprightly</a> <a href="/colossians/2-6.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/colossians/2-14.htm">Way</a> <a href="/colossians/1-29.htm">Work</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-12.htm">Worthily</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-12.htm">Worthy</a><div class="vheading2">Colossians 1</div>1. <a href="/colossians/1-1.htm">After salutation Paul thanks God for the Colossians' faith;</a> 7. <a href="/colossians/1-7.htm">confirms the doctrine of Epaphras;</a> 9. <a href="/colossians/1-9.htm">prays further for their increase in grace;</a> 14. <a href="/colossians/1-14.htm">describes the supremacy of Christ;</a> 21. <a href="/colossians/1-21.htm">encourages them to receive Jesus Christ, and commends his own ministry.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, "walk" often symbolizes one's conduct or way of life (<a href="/ephesians/4.htm">Ephesians 4:1</a>). The idea of being "worthy" suggests living in a way that honors and glorifies God, aligning with His will and purpose. This reflects the transformation expected of believers, as seen in <a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a>, where Paul urges believers to be transformed by the renewing of their minds. The cultural context of the early church, surrounded by pagan practices, required a distinct lifestyle that set Christians apart, demonstrating their commitment to Christ.and may please Him in every way: Pleasing God involves obedience and faithfulness, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Hebrews 11:6</a>, which states that without faith, it is impossible to please God. This phrase underscores the comprehensive nature of a believer's life, where every action, thought, and intention should aim to honor God. The historical context of the Colossian church, facing false teachings and pressures to conform to societal norms, highlights the importance of steadfastness in faith. Pleasing God is not about legalistic adherence to rules but about a heartfelt desire to align with His will, as Jesus exemplified in <a href="/john/8-29.htm">John 8:29</a>.bearing fruit in every good work, The metaphor of bearing fruit is common in Scripture, symbolizing the visible evidence of a believer's faith and the work of the Holy Spirit (<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a>). In the agricultural society of the time, fruitfulness was a sign of health and productivity. This phrase calls believers to engage in actions that reflect their faith, contributing to the growth of God's kingdom. The connection to <a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a>, where Jesus describes Himself as the vine and believers as the branches, emphasizes the necessity of remaining in Christ to produce fruit. Good works are not the means of salvation but the natural outcome of a life transformed by grace.growing in the knowledge of God, This phrase highlights the importance of spiritual growth and understanding of God's nature and will. Knowledge of God is not merely intellectual but relational, involving a deepening intimacy with Him. The early church faced challenges from Gnostic teachings that claimed special knowledge; thus, Paul emphasizes true knowledge rooted in Christ (<a href="/colossians/2-2.htm">Colossians 2:2-3</a>). This growth is facilitated by studying Scripture, prayer, and fellowship with other believers. The pursuit of knowing God more fully is a lifelong journey, as seen in <a href="/philippians/3-10.htm">Philippians 3:10</a>, where Paul expresses his desire to know Christ and the power of His resurrection.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a> - The apostle who wrote the letter to the Colossians, addressing the church in Colossae. 2. <a href="/topical/c/colossae.htm">Colossae</a> - An ancient city in Asia Minor, where the church to whom Paul wrote was located. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_colossian_church.htm">The Colossian Church</a> - The recipients of Paul's letter, a group of believers facing challenges from false teachings. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The Lord (Jesus Christ)</a> - The central figure of the Christian faith, whom believers are called to follow and please. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_apostle's_prayer.htm">The Apostle's Prayer</a> - The context of this verse is part of Paul's prayer for the Colossians, emphasizing spiritual growth and maturity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/w/walking_worthy_of_the_lord.htm">Walking Worthy of the Lord</a> Our daily conduct should reflect the character and teachings of Jesus Christ. This involves intentional living that aligns with biblical principles. <a href="/topical/p/pleasing_god_in_every_way.htm">Pleasing God in Every Way</a> Our actions, thoughts, and decisions should aim to honor and glorify God. This requires discernment and a heart aligned with His will. <a href="/topical/b/bearing_fruit_in_every_good_work.htm">Bearing Fruit in Every Good Work</a> True faith manifests in actions. We are called to actively engage in good works that demonstrate the love and truth of the Gospel. <a href="/topical/g/growing_in_the_knowledge_of_god.htm">Growing in the Knowledge of God</a> Spiritual growth is a continuous journey. We should seek to deepen our understanding of God through prayer, study, and obedience to His Word.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_colossians_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Colossians 1</a> <a href="/q/growing_in_faith_and_christ's_knowledge.htm">Are you growing in faith and knowledge of Christ?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_'made_in_god's_image'.htm">What does being made in God's image mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_day_25_say_about_growth.htm">What insights does Volume 22 offer on spiritual journeys?</a> <a href="/q/meaning_of_'know_them_by_their_fruit'.htm">What does "You Will Know Them by Their Fruit" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/colossians/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) Walk worthy (worthily) of the Lord. Here St. Paul begins to dwell on the practical life, much in the same spirit in which, in <a href="/ephesians/4-1.htm" title="I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation with which you are called,">Ephesians 4:1</a>, he returns from the profound thought of Colossians 2, 3 to the entreaty "to walk worthy of the vocation with which they are called." "The Lord" is here, as usual, the Lord Jesus Christ; to walk worthy of Him is to have His life reproduced in us, to follow His example, to have "the mind of Christ Jesus." The "worthiness" is, of course, relative to our capacity, not absolute.All pleasing.--The word here used is not found elsewhere in the New Testament, but is employed in classic and Hellenistic Greek to mean "a general disposition to please"--a constant preference of the will of others before our own. It is here used with tacit reference to God, since towards Him alone can it be a safe guide of action. Otherwise it must have the bad sense which in general usage was attached to it. St. Paul emphatically disowns and condemns the temper of "men-pleasing" (see <a href="/galatians/1-10.htm" title="For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.">Galatians 1:10</a>; <a href="/ephesians/6-6.htm" title="Not with eye-service, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;">Ephesians 6:6</a>; <a href="/colossians/3-22.htm" title=" Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;">Colossians 3:22</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-4.htm" title="But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which tries our hearts.">1Thessalonians 2:4</a>), as incompatible with being "the servant of Christ." He could, indeed, "be all things to all men" (<a href="/1_corinthians/9-22.htm" title="To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.">1Corinthians 9:22</a>); he could bid each man "please his neighbour for his edification" (<a href="/romans/15-12.htm" title="And again, Esaias said, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.">Romans 15:12</a>). But the only "pleasing" to which the whole life can be conformed is (see <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-1.htm" title="Furthermore then we beseech you, brothers, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received of us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.">1Thessalonians 4:1</a>) the consideration "how we ought to walk and to please God." Only in subordination to this can we safely act on the desire of "all pleasing" towards men. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/colossians/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - To walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing (<a href="/ephesians/4-1.htm">Ephesians 4:1</a>; <a href="/philippians/1-27.htm">Philippians 1:27</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-12.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:12</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-1.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:1</a>; <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-5.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:5, 11</a>; <a href="/1_john/2-6.htm">1 John 2:6</a>; <a href="/revelation/3-4.htm">Revelation 3:4</a>; <a href="/hebrews/13-21.htm">Hebrews 13:21</a>); so as to please him in every way. "The end of all knowledge, the apostle would say, is conduct" (Lightfoot). Spiritual enlightenment (ver. 9) enables the Christian to walk (a Hebraism adopted also into biblical English) in a way "worthy of the Lord" (Christ, <a href="/colossians/2-6.htm">Colossians 2:6</a>; <a href="/colossians/3-24.htm">Colossians 3:24</a>; <a href="/acts/20-19.htm">Acts 20:19</a>, etc.), becoming those who have such a Lord and who profess to be his servants. And to be "worthy of Christ" is to "please God" (<a href="/romans/8-29.htm">Romans 8:29</a>; <a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4, 5, 11</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/1-9.htm">1 Corinthians 1:9</a>). This is the ideal and the aim of the religious life throughout the Bible (comp. <a href="/1_samuel/13-14.htm">1 Samuel 13:14</a>; <a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a>; <a href="/hebrews/11-5.htm">Hebrews 11:5, 6</a>; <a href="/john/8-29.htm">John 8:29</a>; <a href="/romans/8-8.htm">Romans 8:8</a>). The characteristics of this walk are set forth by three coordinate participial phrases (vers. 10b-12), standing in the half independent nominative case instead of the more regular accusative (as agreeing with the understood object of the infinitive περιπατῆσαι: see Winer's ' N. T. Grammar,' p. 716: compare, for the idiom, <a href="/colossians/3-16.htm">Colossians 3:16</a>, also Colossians 2:2). In every good work bearing fruit (<a href="/ephesians/4-28.htm">Ephesians 4:28</a>; <a href="/galatians/6-9.htm">Galatians 6:9, 10</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-15.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:15</a>; <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-17.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:17</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/5-10.htm">1 Timothy 5:10</a>; <a href="/titus/3-8.htm">Titus 3:8</a>; <a href="/hebrews/13-16.htm">Hebrews 13:16</a>; <a href="/acts/9-36.htm">Acts 9:36</a>). "Good work" is that which is beneficial, practically good (see parallel passages). "In every good work" might grammatically qualify the foregoing" pleasing ' (so R.V. margin and many older interpreters), but appears to be parallel in position and sense with "in all power" (ver. 11). On"bearing fruit" (active in voice where the subject is personal: comp. ἐνεργέω in <a href="/colossians/1-29.htm">Colossians 1:29</a> and in <a href="/philippians/2-13.htm">Philippians 2:13</a>), see note to ver. 6. While doing good to his fellow-men, the Christian is growing by (or, in) the knowledge of God (<a href="/colossians/2-19.htm">Colossians 2:19</a>; <a href="/ephesians/4-13.htm">Ephesians 4:13-16</a>; <a href="/2_peter/3-18.htm">2 Peter 3:18</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/3-1.htm">1 Corinthians 3:1, 2</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/14-20.htm">1 Corinthians 14:20</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/16-13.htm">1 Corinthians 16:13</a>; <a href="/hebrews/5-12.htm">Hebrews 5:12-14</a>). His own nature becomes larger, stronger, more complete. Here it is individual (internal) growth, in ver. 6 collective (external) growth (of the gospel, the Church) that is implied; the two are combined in <a href="/ephesians/4-13.htm">Ephesians 4:13-16</a>. The dative τῇ ἐπιγνώσει (so best copies and Revised Text: the Received, unto the knowledge, is a repetition of ver. 9) is "dative of instrument" (Alford, Lightfoot) rather than "of respect" (in the knowledge; so R.V.). <a href="/commentaries/colossians/1-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>so that you may walk περιπατῆσαι (peripatēsai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_4043.htm">Strong's 4043: </a> From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow. in a manner worthy ἀξίως (axiōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_516.htm">Strong's 516: </a> Worthily, in a manner worthy of. Adverb from axios; appropriately. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Lord Κυρίου (Kyriou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. [and] may please [Him] ἀρεσκείαν (areskeian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_699.htm">Strong's 699: </a> Pleasing, willing service. From a derivative of aresko; complaisance. in εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. every way: πᾶσαν (pasan) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. bearing fruit καρποφοροῦντες (karpophorountes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2592.htm">Strong's 2592: </a> To bear fruit. From karpophoros; to be fertile. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. every παντὶ (panti) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. good ἀγαθῷ (agathō) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_18.htm">Strong's 18: </a> A primary word; 'good'. work, ἔργῳ (ergō) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2041.htm">Strong's 2041: </a> From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act. growing αὐξανόμενοι (auxanomenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_837.htm">Strong's 837: </a> (a) I cause to increase, become greater (b) I increase, grow. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to grow, i.e. Enlarge. in the τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. knowledge ἐπιγνώσει (epignōsei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1922.htm">Strong's 1922: </a> From epiginosko; recognition, i.e. full discernment, acknowledgement. of God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/colossians/1-10.htm">Colossians 1:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/colossians/1-10.htm">Colossians 1:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/colossians/1-10.htm">Colossians 1:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/colossians/1-10.htm">Colossians 1:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/colossians/1-10.htm">Colossians 1:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/colossians/1-10.htm">Colossians 1:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/colossians/1-10.htm">Colossians 1:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/colossians/1-10.htm">Colossians 1:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/colossians/1-10.htm">Colossians 1:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/colossians/1-10.htm">Colossians 1:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/colossians/1-10.htm">NT Letters: Colossians 1:10 That you may walk worthily (Coloss. 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