Colossians 2 · Verse 6

Colossians 2:6

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Colossians 2:6, King James Version

Colossians 2:6 in other translations

BSBTherefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
WEBAs therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
ASVAs therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
YLTas, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye,
DARBYAs therefore ye have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
BBEAs, then, you took Christ Jesus the Lord, so go on in him,
WebsterAs ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

What does Colossians 2:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. "As therefore ye received (once for all; the aorist tense; from Epaphras) Jesus the Christ as your Lord (compare 1Co 12:3; 2Co 4:5; Php 3:8), so walk in Him." He says not merely, "Ye received" the doctrine of Christ, but "Jesus" Himself; this is the essence of faith (Joh 14:21, 23; Ga 1:16). Ye have received once for all the Spirit of life in Christ; carry into practice that life in your walk (Ga 5:25). This is the main scope of the Epistle.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 6. 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 Intro.;) 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 ye 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."

(b) "walk ye in him" 1Jn 2:6

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
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, etc., etc. 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Colossians 2:1-7

The soul prospers when we have clear knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. When we not only believe with the heart, but are ready, when called, to make confession with the mouth. Knowledge and faith make a soul rich. The stronger our faith, and the warmer our love, the more will our comfort be. The treasures of wisdom are hid, not from us, but for us, in Christ. These were hid from proud unbelievers, but…

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Colossians 2:6 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὩςHōsJust asG5613
οὖνounthereforeG3767
παρελάβετεparelabeteyou have receivedG3880
τὸνton<the>G3588
ΧριστὸνChristonChristG5547
ἸησοῦνIēsounJesusG2424
τὸνtontheG3588
κύριον,kurionLord,G2962
ἐνeninG1722
αὐτῷautōHimG846
περιπατεῖτεperipateitedo walkG4043

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Cross references for Colossians 2:6

  • Colossians 1:10

    That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  • 1 John 2:6

    He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:1

    Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

  • Ephesians 5:1-2

    Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

  • Galatians 2:20

    I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:7

    (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

  • Colossians 3:17

    And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

  • Philippians 1:27

    Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

  • 2 John 1:8-9

    Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

  • Ephesians 4:1

    I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

  • 1 John 5:20

    And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  • Jude 1:3

    Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
received.
Mt 10:40; Joh 1:12,13; 13:20; 1Co 1:30; Heb 3:14; 1Jo 5:11,12,20
2Jo 1:8,9; Jude 1:3
walk.
3:17; Isa 2:5; Mic 4:2; Joh 14:6; 2Co 5:7; Ga 2:20; Eph 4:1; 5:1,2
Php 1:27; 1Th 4:1; 1Jo 2:6

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Context

  • Colossians 2:5

    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.

  • Colossians 2:6

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

  • Colossians 2:7

    Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

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Colossians 2:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto, de la manera que habéis recibido al Señor Jesucristo, andad en él:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Comme donc vous avez reçu le christ Jésus, le Seigneur, marchez en lui,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wie ihr nun den Christus Jesus, den Herrn, empfangen habt, so wandelt in ihm,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sicut ergo accepistis Jesum Christum Dominum, in ipso ambulate,