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Colossians 1:10
that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Verse 10. _THAT YE MIGHT WALK WORTHY OF THE LORD_] Suitably to your Christian profession, exemplifying its holy doctrines by a holy and useful life. Ephesians 4:1; and on _"_Philippians 1:27_"_. _UN...
THAT YE MIGHT WALK WORTHY OF THE LORD - That you may live as becomes the followers of the Lord. How this was to be done he states in this and the following verses. UNTO ALL PLEASING - So as to please...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE PERSON OF CHRIST, His GLORY AND His WORK CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Colossians 1:1)_ 2. The prayer (Colossians 1:9) 3. The person and glory of Christ, Head o...
A PARAGRAPH OF PRAYER. Paul reciprocates their prayers for him. He constantly offers petition on their behalf since first he heard of them. He desires for them (_a)_ fulness of knowledge to discern th...
CHRISTIAN GREETINGS (Colossians 1:1) _ 1:1 This is a letter from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and from Timothy, the brother, to the dedicated people of God and faithful brothe...
That, in fact, is why, from the day we heard about it, we do not cease to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with an ever-growing knowledge of his will, in all spiritual wisdom and understand...
THAT YE MIGHT. To. WORTHY. worthily. PLEASING. Greek. _areskeia._ Only here. BEING FRUITFUL. fruit BEARING (v Colossians 1:6). IN. App-104. The texts read "by " (dative)....
_walk_ A very frequent word in St Paul; most frequent in Eph., where see Colossians 4:1 for a close parallel. See 1 Thessalonians 2:12 for one still closer verbally. The word denotes life in its actio...
9–14. _Prayer for the Colossians, with reason for gratitude on their part to God, viz. their emancipation in Christ_. This forms a transition to a fuller account of the relation of the Son to the Fath...
ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΗ͂ΣΑΙ. Probably epexegetic, see Acts 15:10; Luke 1:54; 1 Samuel 12:23; Pss. Sol. 2:28. It may be due to the influence of Hebrew, in which both the construct (e.g....
ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΕΡΊ.ΠΑΤΈΩ (G4043) ходить, вести образ жизни (Dunn). _Inf._ выражает намеченные или потенциальные результаты (IBG, 141; BD, 197f; _см._ Lewis Johnson, Jr., "Spiritual K...
DISCOURSE: 2167 PRAYER FOR GROWTH IN GRACE Colossians 1:9. We do not cease to pray for you that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye mig...
THAT YE MIGHT WALK WORTHY, &C.— The Apostle seems here most pathetically to propose the great subject and design of this Epistle; which was chiefly intended to excite them to a temper and behaviour wo...
9. FOR THIS CAUSE WE ALSO, SINCE THE DAY WE HEARD _IT, DO_ NOT CEASE TO PRAY AND MAKE REQUEST FOR YOU, THAT YE MAY BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL IN ALL SPIRITUAL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, 1...
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; 'So as to walk,' etc. True knowledge of God's will is inseparable...
1 "Paul, a commissioner of Christ Jesus," introduces us to a glorified Christ in heaven and invokes the authority vested in Paul as His legate. Contrast the character assumed by Paul in Philippians. 4...
1:10 knowledge (f-23) _ Epignosis_ , i.e. 'full knowledge,' as chs. 2.2; 3.10; Matthew 11:27 ; Ephesians 1:17 ....
THE SUPREMACY AND ALL-SUFFICIENCY OF CHRIST 1-8. Salutation to the Colossian Christians, and thanksgiving for the news of their spiritual state. PARAPHRASE. '(1, 2) Paul and Timothy salute the saints...
RM 'by the knowledge.'...
CHRIST HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED THE COLOSSIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. INTRODUCTION THE WRITER Paul wrote this letter. He was in...
WALK WORTHY (_worthily_) OF THE LORD. Here St. Paul begins to dwell on the practical life, much in the same spirit in which, in Ephesians 4:1, he returns from the profound thought of Colossians 2:3 to...
(9-12) From thanksgiving St. Paul passes, as always, to pray for them. The prayer is for their full and perfect knowledge of God’s will; but this is emphatically connected with practical “walking” in...
CHAPTER 1 THE PRAYER Colossians 1:9 (R.V.) WE have here to deal with one of Paul's prayers for his brethren. In some respects these are the very topmost pinnacles of his letters. Nowhere else does h...
περιπατῆσαι ἀξίως τοῦ Κυρίου (_Cf._ Ephesians 4:1). This lofty wisdom and insight is not an end in itself. It must issue in right practice. Doctrine and ethics are for Paul inseparable. Right conduct...
PAUL'S UNCEASING PRAYER FOR THAT MORAL DISCERNMENT WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO PLEASE GOD IN ALL THEIR CONDUCT, THAT STRENGTH WHICH WILL GIVE THEM ENDURANCE IN FACE OF ALL PROVOCATION AND TRIAL, AND THA...
OUR WONDROUS PRIVILEGES IN CHRIST Colossians 1:9 Here is a paragraph which may fitly form part of our daily intercession for ourselves and others. We all need a quicker insight into God's will, and t...
This letter is correlative to the Ephesians, and shows the glory of the Head of the Church as at her disposal. After expressing his thankfulness for the faith, love, and hope of the saints, Paul tells...
Paul's Prayer for the Church at Colossae From the time Paul heard of the love of the truth which the Colossian brethren possessed, Paul prayed without undue interval, or without ceasing, that they sh...
_Worthy of God: Greek: axios tou kuriou. So St. Ambrose and the Greek doctors; or thus, worthily, pleasing God, and this not by faith only, but fruitful in every good work. (Ibid.) --- God, in [1] all...
(9) For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; (10...
The most cursory reader discerns at once that the epistle to the Colossians is the counterpart of that to the Ephesians. They are in nowise the same, but may be viewed each as a supplement to the othe...
_A THREEFOLD APPEAL_ ‘That ye might walk worthy or the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.’ Colossians 1:10 St. Paul is speaking of th...
_ALL PLEASING_ ‘That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing.’ Colossians 1:10 It is not quite easy to determine whether the ‘all pleasing’ means, ‘to please all persons,’ or to ‘please...
10._That ye may walk worthy of God. _In the _first _place he teaches, what is the end of _spiritual understanding_, and for what purpose we ought to make proficiency in God’s school — that we may _wal...
The Epistle to the Colossians looks at the Christian as risen with Christ, but not, as in that to the Ephesians, as sitting in heavenly places in Christ. A hope is laid up for him in heaven; he is to...
THAT YE MIGHT WALK WORTHY OF THE LORD,.... The Vulgate Latin version reads, "of God"; to which the Ethiopic version agrees; but rather the Lord Jesus Christ seems to be designed: and to "walk worthy...
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Ver. 10. _That ye might walk worthy_] By walking before God, with G...
_For this cause_ The report of your faith and love; _we do not cease to pray for you_ We fail not to remember you in all our prayers. This was mentioned in general, Colossians 1:3, but now more partic...
UNTO ALL PLEASING; in a manner constantly or every way pleasing to God....
THE SALUTATION (vs.1-2) Paul writes with apostolic authority and by the will of God, so that total subjection to what he writes is rightly called for on the part of believers. Yet he adds, "and Timot...
Paul's Prayer for them - 1:9-14 9FOR THIS REASON WE ALSO, SINCE THE DAY WE HEARD IT, DO NOT CEASE TO PRAY FOR YOU, AND TO ASK THAT YOU MAY BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL IN ALL WISDOM AND S...
TO WALK WORTHILY OF THE LORD UNTO ALL PLEASING, BEARING FRUIT IN EVERY GOOD WORK, AND INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD; 'TO WALK' -i.e. to live, conduct oneself. 'WORTHILY OF THE LORD' -(Ephesians...
9-14 The apostle was constant in prayer, that the believers might be filled with the knowledge of God's will, in all wisdom. Good words will not do without good works. He who undertakes to give stren...
THAT YE MIGHT WALK WORTHY OF THE LORD: they prayed for the above mentioned gracious habits, that the Colossians might exercise them in a course of life as it becomes those who are effectually called b...
Tertullian On Exhortation to Chastity For it is our duty so to walk in the Lord's discipline as is "worthy,"[58]...
Colossians 1:10 you G5209 walk G4043 (G5658) worthy G516 Lord G2962 G1519 fully G3956 pleasing G699 fruitful...
PAUL'S PRAYER THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE UNDERSTANDING, AND STRENGTH (COLOSSIANS 1:9). Once Paul had learned of their response to Christ he and his fellow-workers had begun to pray for them constantly. Thei...
‘To walk worthily of the Lord, pleasing in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.' Their continuing prayer was further that this would result in a walk th...
I. DOCTRINAL PART: CHRIST THE HEAD OF ALL THINGS. This division of the Epistle resembles the doctrinal part of Ephesians (chaps, 1-3.); but here the Person of Christ is more prominent; there Christ as...
2. _The Apostles Prayer for their Progress in the Knowledge of Christ as Head of all Things_. The Apostle's thanksgiving is naturally followed by the mention of his petition for the Colossians. The im...
Colossians 1:10. TO WALK. The best authorities omit the subject (answering to ‘ye') of the Greek infinitive. Hence it is best to render by the English infinitive, especially as this verse does not dep...
TO WALK WORTHILY OF THE LORD (περιπατησα αξιως του Κυριου). This aorist active infinitive may express purpose or result. Certainly this result is the aim of the right knowledge of God. "The end of a...
Colossians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from...
CONTENTS: Apostolic greeting and prayer. The superiority of Christ. His reconciling work. The mystery of His indwelling. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Epaphras. CONCLUSION: He...
Colossians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ._ This is noticed in 1 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:2. He generally opens his addresses to the churches much in the same form of benediction, for...
THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE. They would praise God with their lives, by living as he wants them to do. FRUITFUL. Good works and knowledge honor God....
_To pray for you and desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge._ THE PRAYER I. The fountain or root of all Christian character. “That ye might be filled … understanding.” 1. The thing desir...
_For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you._ THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIVINE WILL The petition asks-- I. For a bestowment of a knowledge of the divine will as attai...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 1:9 Prayer. Paul reports how he regularly prays for the Colossians. ⇐...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 1:10 SO AS. The “wisdom and understanding” (v. Colossians 1:9) would then lead to changed lives, for it would enable these Christians...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 1:9. DO NOT CEASE TO PRAY FOR YOU, AND TO DESIRE.—R.V. “pray and make request.” The general notion comes first, then the particulars; so in Mark 11:24. In t...
EXPOSITION COLOSSIANS 1:1 SECTION I. INTRODUCTION. The Epistle commences, in St. Paul's manner, with a _salutation _(Colossians 1:1, Colossians 1:
Shall we turn in our Bibles tonight to Colossians, chapter one. The city of Colosse, was in the area known as Pergia, a part of Asia Minor. A couple of other churches are greeted by Paul in this epist...
1 John 3:22; 1 John 5:20; 1 Thessalonians 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:1;...
Walk worthy [π ε ρ ι π α τ η σ α ι α ξ ι ω ς]. The phrase occurs Ephesians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:12. Rev. gives the correct adverbial rendering worthily. Unto all pleasing [ε ι ς π α σ α ν α ρ ε σ κ...
VISIONS OF GOD'S PURPOSES IN CHRIST Colossians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As an introduction to our study in the Pauline Epistle to the Colossians, we thought it would be worth the while to observe Pau...
That, knowing his whole will, ye may walk worthy of the Lord, unto all pleasing — So as actually to please him in all things; daily increasing in the living, experimental knowledge of God, our Father,...
Here the apostle sets down the end of his prayer in the fore-mentioned manner for the Colossians, why he desired that their knowledge should so exceedingly increase; it was in order to practise, that...