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 worthy their Christian character, and which, indeed, is the leading view in all his writings. Some would render the latter part of this verse, Being fruitful and increasing in every good work, for the knowledge of God; that is, for the acquiring of that knowledge for which St. Paul had thanked God before, Colossians 1:6.—that the gospel brought forth fruit among the Colossians; and it seems natural to suppose, that when he prays here, that they might bring forth fruit in every good work, he does not pray barely for what they already did, but for a further increase of it. Compare 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:10. The words thus understood inform us, that a holy conversation is very serviceable to dispose men to acquire the knowledge of God.
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Colossians 1:10
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;