Colossians 1:10

Authorized King James Version (1611)

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Περιπατῆσαι ὑμᾶς ἀξίως τοῦ Κυρίου εἰς πᾶσαν ἀρεσκείαν, ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ καρποφοροῦντες, καὶ αὐξανόμενοι εἰς τὴν ἐπιγνώσιν τοῦ Θεοῦ·

Transliteration

To peripatēsai you axiōs of the Kyriou unto all areskeian, in every ergō agathō karpoforountes, and auxanomenoi unto the epignōsin of Theou;

Grammar Details

• *peripatēsai*: aorist, active, infinitive - to walk
• *axiōs*: adverb - worthily
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Lord, standard
• *areskeian*: accusative, feminine, singular - pleasing, goal
• *ergō*: dative, neuter, singular - work, sphere
• *agathō*: dative, neuter, singular - good, quality
• *karpoforountes*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - bearing fruit
• *auxanomenoi*: present, passive/middle, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - growing/increasing
• *epignōsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - full knowledge, goal
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God, possessive

Word Meanings

• *peripatēsai*: to walk/live/conduct oneself
• *axiōs*: worthily/suitably/in a manner worthy of
• *areskeian*: pleasing/satisfaction/what is pleasing
• *ergō*: work/deed/action
• *agathō*: good/beneficial/useful
• *karpoforountes*: bearing fruit/being productive
• *auxanomenoi*: growing/increasing/expanding
• *epignōsin*: full knowledge/recognition/acknowledgment

Referenced Verses

• Eph 4:1 : 1 ¶ I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
• 1 John 3:22 : 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
• Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 ¶ Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort [you] by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, [so] ye would abound more and more.
• Mic 4:5 : 5 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.
• Rom 6:4 : 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
• 2 Cor 2:14 : 14 Now thanks [be] unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
• 2 Pet 1:2-3 : 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that [pertain] unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
• Heb 13:16 : 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
• Titus 3:14 : 14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
• 2 Pet 1:8 : 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make [you that ye shall] neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
• Col 2:6 : 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him:
• Prov 16:7 : 7 ¶ When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
• Hab 2:14 : 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
• John 15:8 : 8 ‹Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.›
• John 15:16 : 16 ‹Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and› [that] ‹your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.›
• Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
• Eph 5:10 : 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
• Eph 5:15 : 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
• Phil 1:11 : 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
• Phil 1:27 : 27 ¶ Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
• Phil 4:18 : 18 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.
• Eph 1:17 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
• Eph 4:13 : 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
• John 17:3 : 3 ‹And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.›
• Isa 53:11 : 11 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.
• Dan 12:4 : 4 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.
• Col 3:20 : 20 Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
• 2 Cor 9:8 : 8 And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to every good work:
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in grace, and [in] the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and for ever. Amen.
• Heb 11:5 : 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
• Titus 3:1 : 1 ¶ Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• 2 Tim 2:4 : 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
• Col 4:5 : 5 ¶ Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
• Col 2:19 : 19 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.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Rom 4:12 : 12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which [he had] being [yet] uncircumcised.