Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Colossians 1:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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Quick Meaning
The prayer defines worthy walking through full pleasing, fruit in every good work, and continuing knowledge of God.
Read It With
- Colossians 1:9-14
Read Colossians 1:9-14 as a complete movement. The writers pray for Spirit-shaped knowledge that produces worthy, fruitful, enduring, thankful life because the Father has qualified, rescued, transferred, redeemed, and forgiven his people in the Son. At 1:10, focus on this verse's contribution: The prayer defines worthy walking through full pleasing, fruit in every good work, and continuing knowledge of God.
Why This Verse Appears Here
At 1:10, this verse advances Colossians 1:9-14 with this contribution: The prayer defines worthy walking through full pleasing, fruit in every good work, and continuing knowledge of God.
What Remains True
Knowledge of God and embodied goodness should grow together.
How It Can Shape Life
- Evaluate study by whether it produces truthful good work as well as information.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Colossians 1:9-14 — Prayer Seeks Knowledge That Bears Worthy FruitSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: The exact pinned KJV wording, paragraph data, and supplied-word markup for Colossians 1:9-14.
Exact location: eBible/CrossWire eng-kjv2006 USFM, source files dated 2026-08-19, Colossians 1:9-14; archive and normalized-corpus SHA-256 values are recorded in the shared library policy.
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: The critically edited Greek wording, connective structure, lexical forms, and variation markers.
Exact location: Official Faithlife SBLGNT repository, data/sblgnt/text/Col.txt, Colossians 1:9-14.
Open the Colossians Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible - Colossians with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005-2026 online edition
Supports: Material translation choices, syntax, and textual variants checked at the cited verses.
Exact location: NET Bible official Colossians chapter 1, translator, study, and textual notes attached to Colossians 1:9-14.
Open NET Colossians 1 notesmodern open commentary
Colossians
Alistair I. Wilson
The Gospel Coalition Bible Commentary, 2023
Supports: A current pro-Pauline commentary check on literary flow, theology, pastoral purpose, and major interpretations.
Exact location: Alistair I. Wilson, The Gospel Coalition Bible Commentary, “Colossians,” TGC Prayer That the Colossians Will Bear Fruit and Grow (1:9-12) and Reminder (1:13-14).
Open source ↗modern annotated new testament
Colossians introduction and annotations in The Jewish Annotated New Testament
Peter Zaas; edited by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler
Oxford University Press, 2011
Supports: A modern historical-critical and Jewish-context check on authorship, setting, calendar, ethics, slavery, and textual questions.
Exact location: Peter Zaas, “Colossians,” in The Jewish Annotated New Testament (2011 first edition), print pp. 364-365.
Open source ↗