11 translations · Greek
Colossians 1:10
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;
Colossians 1:10 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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;
- KJV King James Version
- That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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,
- ASV American Standard Version
- to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- to walk worthily of the LORD, pleasing in all, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- That way you'll live lives that rightly represent the Lord and please him, producing all kinds of good results and gaining greater knowledge of God.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,
- DBY Darby Translation
- [so as] to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- That ye may walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- That you may walk worthy of God, in all things pleasing; being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God:
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| περιπατῆσαι | peripatēsai | so that you may walk | G4043 περιπατέω to walk |
| ἀξίως | axiōs | in a manner worthy | G516 ἀξίως appropriately |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Κυρίου | Kyriou | Lord | G2962 κύριος lord: God |
| εἰς | eis | in | G1519 εἰς toward |
| πᾶσαν | pasan | every way | G3956 πᾶς all |
| ἀρεσκείαν | areskeian | [and] may please [Him] | G699 ἀρεσκεία pleasing |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| παντὶ | panti | every | G3956 πᾶς all |
| ἔργῳ | ergō | work | G2041 ἔργον work |
| ἀγαθῷ | agathō | good | G18 ἀγαθός good |
| καρποφοροῦντες | karpophorountes | bearing fruit | G2592 καρποφορέω to bear fruit |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| αὐξανόμενοι | auxanomenoi | growing | G837 αὐξάνω to grow |
| τῇ | tē | in the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐπιγνώσει | epignōsei | knowledge | G1922 ἐπίγνωσις knowledge |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
Related verses
- Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
- Hebrews 13:21
make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Peter 1:2–3
Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;
- John 15:16
You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- 1 John 3:22
and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
- Hebrews 13:16
But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
- John 15:8
“In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
- Galatians 5:22–23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
- Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
10 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;
11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
Read all of Colossians 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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