Colossians 1:10

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

⁹ This is why, ever since I heard of it, I have never ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you, through full wisdom and spiritual insight, with a clear knowledge of His will, ¹⁰ so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord to His full satisfaction, by perennially bearing fruit in every good enterprise and by a steady growth in fuller knowledge of God; ¹¹ then you will be perfectly empowered by His glorious might for every sort of joyous endurance and forbearance,

All Things

Bear Fruit

Do Good

Every Good Work

Good Deeds

Good Works

Knowledge of God

Pray for

Ephesians 4:1

So I, a prisoner for the Lord's sake, entreat you to live lives worthy of the call you have received,

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Now, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the face of our union with the Lord Jesus, as you once received from us how you ought to live so as to please God -- as indeed you are living -- to continue to live this life better and better.

Romans 6:4

So through baptism we have been buried with Him in death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glorious power, so we too should live an entirely new life.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to God, for He always leads me in His triumphal train, through union with Christ, and everywhere through me keeps spreading the perfume of the knowledge of Him.

Philippians 1:11

men that are abounding in the fruits of right-doing with the help of Jesus Christ, to the honor and praise of God.

John 15:8

By your continuously bearing abundant fruit and in this way proving yourselves to be real disciples of mine, my Father is glorified.

Ephesians 1:17

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may grant you the Spirit to give wisdom and revelation which come through a growing knowledge of Him,

Ephesians 4:13

until we all attain to unity in faith and to perfect knowledge of the Son of God, namely, to a mature manhood and to a perfect measure of Christ's moral stature;

Ephesians 5:2

and practice living in love, just as Christ loved you too and gave Himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:10

you must approve what is pleasing to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:15

So you must be very careful how you live, not thoughtlessly but thoughtfully,

Philippians 1:27

Only you must practice living lives that are worthy of the good news, so that whether I come and see you or stay away, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, and that with one purpose you are continuing to cooperate in the fight for faith in the good news.

Philippians 4:18

I have received your payment in full, and more too. I am amply supplied after getting the things you sent by Epaphroditus; they are like sweet incense, the kind of sacrifice that God accepts and approves.

Colossians 2:6

So, just as you once accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue living in vital union with Him,

Colossians 2:19

Such a person is not continuing in connection with the Head, from which the whole body, when supplied and united through its joints and sinews, grows with a growth that God produces.

Colossians 3:20

Children, practice obedience to your parents in everything, for this is acceptable in Christians.

Colossians 4:5

Practice living prudently in your relations with outsiders, making the most of your opportunities.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

to live lives worthy of God who calls you into His kingdom and His glory.

Titus 3:1

Constantly remind people to submit to and obey the rulers who have authority over them, so as to be ready for any good enterprise,

Titus 3:14

Our people too must set examples of doing good, so as to meet the necessary demands and not to live unfruitful lives.

Hebrews 11:5

By faith Enoch was transplanted from earth, so that he did not experience dying; and he could not be found, because God had transplanted him from earth. For before he was transplanted from earth evidence was given him that he pleased God;

Hebrews 13:16

And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.

Hebrews 13:21

perfectly fit you to do His will, He Himself, through Jesus Christ, accomplishing through you what is pleasing to Him. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

2 Peter 1:2-3

spiritual blessing and peace be to you in increasing abundance through a full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

2 Peter 1:8

For if you have these qualities and they continue to increase in you, they will make you neither idle nor unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 3:18

but instead, you must continue to grow in the spiritual strength and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be glory now and forever!

1 John 3:22

and we obtain from Him whatever we ask for, because we practice obedience to His commands and do what pleases Him.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to recognize the True One; and we are in union with the True One through His Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

John 15:16

You have not chosen me; I have chosen you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit, that your fruit may remain too, so that the Father may grant you, as bearers of my name, whatever you ask Him for.

John 17:3

Now eternal life means knowing you as the only true God and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

Romans 4:12

and the forefather of those Jews who not only belong to the circumcision but also follow in the footsteps of our forefather Abraham in the faith he had before he was circumcised.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in my heart, to give me the light of the knowledge of God's glory, reflected on the face of Christ.

2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to make your every spiritual blessing overflow for you, so that you will always have in every situation an entire sufficiency and so overflow for every good cause;

Galatians 5:22-23

But the product of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Ephesians 2:10

For He has made us what we are, because He has created us through our union with Christ Jesus for doing good deeds which He beforehand planned for us to do.

2 Timothy 2:4

No soldier ever allows himself to be involved in the business affairs of life, so that he may please the officer who enlisted him.