¹⁰so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work ^sand growing in the knowledge of God. ^t¹¹May you be strengthened ^uwith all power, ^vaccording to His glorious ^wmight, for all endurance and patience, with joy ¹²giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you ^xto share in the saints’ ^yinheritance in the light. ^z¹³He has rescued ^aus from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom ^bof the Son ^cHe loves. ^d

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Colossians 1:10: … 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.

Footnotes

x1:12 Other read us
y1:12 Or holy ones’

Cross references

s1:10 2Co 9:8; Gl 3:10
t1:10 Pr 2:6; Jn 17:3; 2Pt 1:2; 1Jn 4:8
u1:11 Php 4:13
v1:11 Ac 4:33; 2Co 13:4
w1:11 Lk 9:32; Jn 17:24; 2Co 3:18; 2Pt 3:18
z1:12 Ps 36:9; Jn 12:46
a1:13 Mt 27:43
b1:13 Mt 3:2; Mk 1:15; Ac 20:25
c1:13 Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2
d1:13 Mt 3:17; Jn 3:16; 15:10; 17:26; 1Jn 4:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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; being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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, being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light. He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.

We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light. For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son,

LEBThe Lexham English 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, enabled with all power, according to his glorious might, for all steadfastness and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for a share of the inheritance of the saints in light, who has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,

KJV 1900King 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; Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

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