Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
so that you may lead a life that is worthy of the Lord and give him entire satisfaction. May you be fruitful and increase in the doing of all good, as you thus know God!
New American Standard Bible
so that you will
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;
Holman Bible
so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work
International Standard Version
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 Conservative Version
For you to walk worthily of the Lord for every desire to please, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God,
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;
Amplified
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];
An Understandable Version
[We pray for you] to live a life deserving of the Lord, pleasing to Him in every way, producing fruit in every good deed and growing in the knowledge of God.
Anderson New Testament
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,
Bible in Basic English
Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Common New Testament
so that you will live a life worthy of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
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:
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;
Godbey New Testament
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.
Goodspeed New Testament
so that the lives you live may be worthy of your Master and wholly pleasing to him, and you may be fruitful in all kinds of good deeds, and may grow into fuller knowledge of God.
John Wesley New Testament
That ye may walk worthy of the Lord, unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Julia Smith Translation
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;
King James 2000
That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Lexham Expanded Bible
so that you may live in a manner worthy of the Lord, {to please [him] in all respects}, bearing fruit in every good deed and increasing in the knowledge of God,
Modern King James verseion
that you might walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every work and increasing in the knowledge of God,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that ye might walk worthy of the Lord in all things that please, being fruitful in all good works and increasing in the knowledge of God
Montgomery New Testament
that you may walk worthy of the Lord in every kind of pleasing; that you may be fruitful in every kind of good work, and may increase in the knowledge of God;
NET Bible
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,
New Heart 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;
Noyes New Testament
that ye may walk worthily of the Lord so as to please him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Sawyer New Testament
that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all that is pleasing [to him], being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
The Emphasized Bible
So as to walk worthily of the Lord, unto all pleasing, in every good work, bearing fruit, and growing in the personal knowledge of God,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
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;
Twentieth Century New Testament
Then you will live lives worthy of the Master, and so please God in every way. Your lives will be fruitful in every kind of good action, and your characters will grow through a fuller knowledge of God;
Webster
That ye may walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Weymouth New Testament
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.
Williams New Testament
so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord to His full satisfaction, by perennially bearing fruit in every good enterprise and by a steady growth in fuller knowledge of God;
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;
Worrell New Testament
to walk worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God;
Worsley New Testament
that ye may walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Youngs 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,
Themes
Christian conduct » Walking » Worthy of the lord
spiritual Development » Spiritual growth, encouraged » Into Christ
Fruit, spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Demanded
Fruitfulness » Spiritual encouraged
Good » Works encouraged » Glorify God
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Into Christ
Inheritance » Who is an heir of God through Christ
Partaking » Who partakes with the lord
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified
Spiritual » Encouraged » Into Christ
Walking » With God » Worthy of the lord
religious Work » Good works encouraged » Glorify God
Interlinear
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Colossians 1:10
Devotionals containing Colossians 1:10
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 1:10
Prayers for Colossians 1:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence
9 Hence, from the day we heard of it, we have never ceased to pray for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and insight, 10 so that you may lead a life that is worthy of the Lord and give him entire satisfaction. May you be fruitful and increase in the doing of all good, as you thus know God! 11 May his glorious might nerve you with full power to endure and to be patient cheerfully, whatever comes,
Phrases
Cross References
Ephesians 4:1
As the Lord's prisoner, then, I beg of you to live a life worthy of your calling,
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally, brothers, we beg and beseech you in the Lord Jesus to follow our instructions about the way you are to live so as to satisfy God; you are leading that life, but you are to excel in it still further.
Romans 6:4
Our baptism in his death made us share his burial, so that, as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live and move in the new sphere of Life.
2 Corinthians 2:14
Wherever I go, thank God, he makes my life a constant pageant of triumph in Christ, diffusing the perfume of his knowledge everywhere by me.
Philippians 1:11
your life covered with that harvest of righteousness which Jesus Christ produces to the glory and the praise of God.
John 15:8
As you bear rich fruit and prove yourselves my disciples, my Father is glorified.
Ephesians 1:17
May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, grant you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation for the knowledge of himself,
Ephesians 4:13
till we should all attain the unity of the faith and knowledge of God's Son, reaching maturity, reaching the full measure of development which belongs to the fulness of Christ ??14 instead of remaining immature, blown from our course and swayed by every passing wind of doctrine, by the adroitness of men who are dexterous in devising error;
Ephesians 5:2
and lead lives of love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for you to be a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians 5:10
verifying what pleases the Lord.
Ephesians 5:15
Be strictly careful then about the life you lead; act like sensible men, not like thoughtless;
Philippians 1:27
Only, do lead a life that is worthy of the gospel of Christ. Whether I come and see you or only hear of you in absence, let me know you are standing firm in a common spirit, fighting side by side like one man for the faith of the gospel.
Philippians 4:18
Your debt to me is fully paid and more than paid! I am amply supplied with what you have sent by Epaphroditus, a fragrant perfume, the sort of sacrifice that God approves and welcomes.
Colossians 2:6
Since you have had the messiah, even Jesus the Lord, brought to you, lead your life in him,
Colossians 2:19
instead of keeping in touch with that Head under whom the entire Body, supplied with joints and sinews and thus compacted, grows with growth divine.
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents at every point, for this pleases the Lord right well.
Colossians 4:5
Let Christian wisdom rule your behaviour to the outside world; make the very most of your time;
1 Thessalonians 2:12
to lead a life worthy of the God who called you to his own realm and glory.
Titus 3:1
Remind them to be submissive to their rulers and authorities; they must obey, they must be ready for any good work,
Titus 3:14
Our people must really learn to profess honest occupations, so as to be able to meet such special occasions; they must not be idle.
Hebrews 11:5
It was by faith that Enoch was taken to heaven, so that he never died (he was not overtaken by death, for God had taken him away). For before he was taken to heaven, his record was that he had satisfied God;
Hebrews 13:16
Do not forget beneficence and charity, either; these are the kind of sacrifices that are acceptable to God.
Hebrews 13:21
furnish you with everything for the doing of his will, creating in your lives by Jesus Christ what is acceptable in his own sight! To him be glory for ever and ever: Amen.
2 Peter 1:2-3
grace and peace be multiplied to you by the knowledge of our Lord.
2 Peter 1:8
For as these qualities exist and increase with you, they render you active and fruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;
2 Peter 3:18
but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory now and to the day of eternity: Amen.
1 John 3:22
and we get from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight.
1 John 5:20
We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to know Him who is the Real God; and we are in Him who is real, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God, this is life eternal.
John 15:16
You have not chosen me, it is I who have chosen you, appointing you to go and bear fruit ??fruit that lasts, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask in my name.
John 17:3
And this is eternal life, that they know thee, the only real God, and him whom thou hast sent, even Jesus Christ.
Romans 4:12
as well as a father of those circumcised persons who not only share circumcision but walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had as an uncircumcised man.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," has shone within my heart to illuminate men with the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Christ.
2 Corinthians 9:8
God is able to bless you with ample means, so that you may always have quite enough for any emergency of your own and ample besides for any kind act to others;
Galatians 5:22-23
But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,
Ephesians 2:10
God has made us what we are, creating us in Christ Jesus for the good deeds which are prepared beforehand by God as our sphere of action.
2 Timothy 2:4
No soldier gets entangled in civil pursuits; his aim is to satisfy his commander.