For what reason? The answer, according to verse 10, is so that we might “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.” The language of verse 10 is clear and inescapable. We know God and his will for this reason: to equip, enable, and encourage us to walk in holiness of life. Knowledge for knowledge’s sake is fatal. To learn simply for the sake of learning expands the mind but does not necessarily transform the