Colossians 1:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  {G4043} {G5209} to walk{G4043} worthily{G516} of the Lord{G2962} unto{G1519} all{G3956} pleasing,{G699} bearing fruit{G2592} in{G1722} every{G3956} good{G18} work,{G2041} and{G2532} increasing{G837} in{G1519} the knowledge{G1922} of God;{G2316}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  That ye{G5209} might walk{G4043}{(G5658)} worthy{G516} of the Lord{G2962} unto{G1519} all{G3956} pleasing{G699}, being fruitful{G2592}{(G5723)} in{G1722} every{G3956} good{G18} work{G2041}, and{G2532} increasing{G837}{(G5746)} in{G1519} the knowledge{G1922} of God{G2316};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  that ye myght walke worthy of the LORde in all thynges that please beynge frutfull in all good workes and encreasynge in ye knowledge of God

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that ye mighte walke worthy off the LORDE, to please him in all thinges, and to be frutefull in all good workes, and growe in the knowlege of God:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That ye might walke worthy of the Lord, & please him in all things, being fruitefull in all good workes, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  That ye myght walke worthie of the Lorde in all pleasyng, beyng fruitefull in all good workes, and encreasyng in the knowledge of God,

• 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;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

• World English Bible (2000)

  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;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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,

Referenced Verses

• Eph 4:1 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling with which you are called,
• 1 John 3:22 : 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
• Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.
• Mic 4:5 : 5 For all people will walk, each in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
• Rom 6:4 : 4 Therefore, we are buried with Him by baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised 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 to God, who always leads us to triumph in Christ, and reveals the fragrance of His knowledge by us in every place.
• 2 Pet 1:2-3 : 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 According to his divine power, he has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to glory and virtue:
• Heb 13:16 : 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
• Titus 3:14 : 14 And let our people also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, that they may not be unfruitful.
• 2 Pet 1:8 : 8 For if these things are in you and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 That you would walk worthy of God, who has called you to His kingdom and glory.
• Col 2:6 : 6 As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him:
• Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes 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 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you shall be my disciples.
• John 15:16 : 16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you ask of the Father in my name, He may give it to you.
• Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
• Eph 5:10 : 10 Finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.
• Eph 5:15 : 15 See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise,
• Phil 1:11 : 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
• Phil 1:27 : 27 Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you 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 from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
• Eph 1:17 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to 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 for good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.
• Eph 4:13 : 13 Till we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
• Isa 53:11 : 11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge, my righteous servant shall justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
• Dan 12:4 : 4 But you, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even until the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.
• Col 3:20 : 20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
• 2 Cor 9:8 : 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound in every good work:
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.
• Heb 11:5 : 5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death; and was not found, because God had taken him: for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
• Titus 3:1 : 1 Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
• 2 Tim 2:4 : 4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
• Col 4:5 : 5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
• Col 2:19 : 19 And not holding to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone 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 those who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had while still uncircumcised.