When a person’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Colossians 1:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition]. American Standard Version (1901) to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Common English Bible We’re praying this so that you can live lives that are worthy of the Lord and pleasing to him in every way: by producing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God; Catholic Public Domain Version so that you may walk in a manner worthy of God, being pleasing in all things, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That you may walk worthy of God, in all things pleasing; being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God: |
When a person’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
After his anguish, he will see light and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many, and he will carry their iniquities.
‘But you, Daniel, keep these words secret and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam about, and knowledge will increase.’
Though all the peoples walk in the name of their own gods, we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory, as the water covers the sea.
You did not choose me, but I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be my disciples.
This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent #– #Jesus Christ.
Now I don’t want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now ) in order that I might have a fruitful ministry among you, just as I have had among the rest of the Gentiles.
And he became the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith our father Abraham had while he was still uncircumcised.
Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life.
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place.
For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness’, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.
Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to him.
And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work.
I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you the Spirit , of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received,
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness.
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk #– #not as unwise people but as wise #– #
and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
Just one thing: As citizens of heaven, live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, in one accord, contending together for the faith of the gospel,
But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided #– #a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
They don’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, grows with growth from God.
So then, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in him,
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
we encouraged, comforted, and implored each one of you to walk worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
Additionally then, brothers and sisters, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received instruction from us on how you should live and please God #– #as you are doing #– #do this even more.
No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the commanding officer.
Remind them to submit to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,
Let our people learn to devote themselves to good works for pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
By faith Enoch was taken away, and so he did not experience death. He was not to be found because God took him away. For before he was taken away, he was approved as one who pleased God.
Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.
equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. , Amen.
For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. ,
and receive whatever we ask from him because we keep his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight.
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true one. We are in the true one #– #that is, in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God,