Colossians 2:6

King James Version

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,

Geneva Bible (1587)
As ye haue therefore receiued Christ Iesus the Lord, so walke in him,

Christian Standard Bible®
So then, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him,

Hebrew Names Version
As therefore you received Messiah Yeshua, the Lord, walk in him,

Darby Translation
As therefore ye have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in him,

Easy-to-Read Version
You accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, so continue to live following him.

Amplified Bible
Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in [union with] Him [reflecting His character in the things you do and say—living lives that lead others away from sin],

American Standard Version
As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,

Contemporary English Version
You have accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord. Now keep on following him.

Complete Jewish Bible
Therefore, just as you received the Messiah Yeshua as Lord, keep living your life united with him.

International Standard Version
So then, just as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live in him.1 Thessalonians 4:1; Jude 1:3;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
As, then, you have received Jeshu Meshiha our Lord, (so) in him walk,

Murdock Translation
As therefore ye have received Jesus the Messiah our Lord, walk ye in him,

King James Version (1611)
As yee haue therefore receiued Christ Iesus the Lord, so walke yee in him:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
As ye haue therfore receaued Christe Iesus the Lorde, [so] walke ye in hym:

English Revised Version
As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,

Lexham English Bible
Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, live in him,

Literal Translation
Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him,

New American Standard Bible
Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

New Century Version
As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so continue to live in him.

New English Translation
Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

New King James Version
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

New Living Translation
And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him.

New Revised Standard
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As, therefore, ye have accepted the Anointed Jesus as your Lord, in him, be walking, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
As therefore you have received Jesus Christ the Lord, walk ye in him:

George Lamsa Translation
Just as you have therefore accepted Jesus Christ our LORD, so you must be led by him:

Good News Translation
Since you have accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, live in union with him.

World English Bible
As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him;

Weymouth's New Testament
As therefore you have received the Christ, even Jesus our Lord, live and act in vital union with Him;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor as ye han takun Jhesu Crist oure Lord,

Webster's Bible Translation
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him:

Revised Standard Version
As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so live in him,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
As ye have therfore receaved Christ Iesu the Lorde even so walke

Update Bible Version
As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk in him,

Young's Literal Translation
as, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye,

Bible in Basic English
As, then, you took Christ Jesus the Lord, so go on in him,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As ye haue therfore receaued Christ Iesu the LORDE, euen so walke in him,

Mace New Testament (1729)
continue therefore to follow the doctrine of our Lord Jesus Christ, as you have receiv'd it:

THE MESSAGE
My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you've been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You're deeply rooted in him. You're well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you've been taught. School's out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving.

New Life Bible
As you have put your trust in Christ Jesus the Lord to save you from the punishment of sin, now let Him lead you in every step.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Don't just ride for Jesus, you've got to learn to ride in him. Turn your toes out and take a firm seat of faith in him. Then you will be anchored in place when life starts to pitch and buck.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

Contextual Overview

⁴ And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. ⁵ For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. ⁶ As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: ⁷ Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. ⁸ Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. ⁹ For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. ¹⁰ And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: ¹¹ In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: ¹² Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

received: Matthew 10:40, John 1:12, John 1:13, John 13:20, 1 Corinthians 1:30, Hebrews 3:14, 1 John 5:11, 1 John 5:12, 1 John 5:20, 2 John 1:8, 2 John 1:9, Jude 1:3

walk: Colossians 3:17, Isaiah 2:5, Micah 4:2, John 14:6, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 4:1, Ephesians 5:1, Ephesians 5:2, Philippians 1:27, 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 John 2:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:15 - did walk Numbers 28:11 - in the beginnings Psalms 139:24 - the way Jeremiah 6:16 - and walk Ezekiel 36:27 - cause Micah 4:5 - and we Zechariah 10:12 - walk Luke 2:11 - the Lord John 10:5 - General John 15:4 - Abide Acts 16:5 - so Romans 5:11 - by whom Philippians 3:16 - let us walk Colossians 1:10 - ye Colossians 2:19 - not 1 Thessalonians 2:12 - walk 1 Timothy 1:3 - charge 1 John 2:27 - ye shall

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,.... Receiving Christ is believing in him: faith is the eye of the soul, that sees the beauty, glory, fulness, and suitableness of Christ; the foot that goes to him, and the hand that takes hold on him, and the arm that receives and embraces him; so that this is not a receiving him into the head by notion, but into the heart by faith; and not in part only, but in whole: faith receives a whole Christ, his person as God and man; him in all his offices, as prophet, priest, and King; particularly as a Saviour and Redeemer, he being under that character so exceeding suitable to the case of a sensible sinner; and it receives all blessings of grace along with him, from him, and through him; as a justifying righteousness, remission of sins, adoption of children, grace for grace, and an inheritance among all them that are sanctified; and both Christ and them, as the free grace gifts of God; which men are altogether undeserving of, and cannot possibly give any valuable consideration for: so these Colossians had received Christ gladly, joyfully, willingly, and with all readiness; and especially as "the Lord", on which there is a peculiar emphasis in the text; they had received him and believed in him, as the one and only Lord and head of the church; as the one and only Mediator between God and man, to the exclusion of angels, the worship of which the false teachers were introducing; they had received the doctrines of Christ, and not the laws of Moses, which judaizing preachers were desirous of joining with them; they had heard and obeyed the Son, and not the servant; they had submitted to the authority of Christ as King of saints, and had been subject to his ordinances; wherefore the apostle exhorts them to continue and go on, believing in him, and holding to him the head:

[so] walk ye in him; not only in imitation of him as he walked, in the exercise of grace, as love, patience, humility, and meekness, and in the discharge of duty; but by faith in him, going on in a way of believing in him, always looking to him, leaning on him, and deriving grace and strength from him: to walk in Christ, is to walk in and after the Spirit of Christ, under his influence, by his direction, and through his assistance; and to walk in the doctrine of Christ, abiding by it, and increasing in the knowledge of it; and to walk in the ordinances of Christ, which with ills presence and spirit, are ways of pleasantness and paths of peace: particularly here it may signify, to make use of Christ, and walk on in him, as the way, truth, and the life; as the only way of access to God, and acceptance with him; as the way of salvation, as the only true way to eternal life and happiness, in opposition to every creature, angels, or men; the worshipping of the one, or works done by the other.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord - Have received him by faith as your Saviour, or as you were instructed respecting his rank, character, and work. The object here is to induce them not to swerve from the views which they had of Christ when he was made known to them. They had at first probably received their ideas of the Saviour from the apostle himself (see the Introduction); and, at any rate, the apostle designs to assure them that the views which they had when they “received him,” were founded in truth.

So walk in him - Continue in those views of Christ; live in the maintenance of them; let them regulate your whole conduct. The word walk, in the Scriptures, is used to denote the manner of life; and the sense here is, that they should live and act wholly under the influence of the conceptions which they had of the Saviour when they first embraced him. The particle “so” is supplied by our translators, and rather weakens the sense. No stress should be laid on it, as is often done. The meaning is, simply, “Since you have received Christ as your Lord, as he was preached to you, hold fast the doctrine which you have received, and do not permit yourselves to be turned aside by any Jewish teachers, or teachers of philosophy.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 6. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus — Many persons lay a certain stress on the words as and so, and make various fine heads of discourses from them; viz. As ye received Christ in a spirit of humility, so walk in him; as ye received him in a spirit of faith, so walk in him, c., &c. This may be all proper in itself but nothing of the kind was intended by the apostle. His meaning is simply this: Seeing ye have embraced the doctrine of Christ, continue to hold it fast, and not permit yourselves to be turned aside by sophistical or Judaizing teachers.