John Chrysostom

"Bearing fruit," he saith: this hath reference to works. "Strengthened": this to trials. "Unto all patience and longsuffering": long-suffering towards one another, patience towards those without. For longsuffering is toward those whom we can requite, but patience toward those whom we cannot. …

Homily on Colossians 2 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

I pray, he says, that you may come to know that the Only-Begotten saved you, so that you would walk worthily, that is, live virtuously. For whoever has come to know the love of God for mankind and that He delivered His Son for us, how would such a person not strive to deliver himself to the labors of virtue and take up his cross? For the word "to walk" (περιπατήσαι – to walk, to go about constantly), as has been said, denotes life and activity. And everywhere he joins activity with faith. …

Commentary on Colossians ↗

Clement of Alexandria

For there is an instruction of the perfect, of which, writing to the Colossians, he says, "We cease not to pray for you, and beseech that ye may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye may walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing; being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might according to the glory of His power." And again he says, "According to the disposition of the grace of God which is given me, that ye may fulfil the word …

The Stromata Book 5 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Further, knowledge by itself is not enough, because "Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin" (Jas. 4:17). And therefore, it is necessary to act according to virtue. He touches on this when he says, to lead a life worthy of the Lord, for one lives unworthily if he does not live as is fitting for a son of God to live: "As servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships..." (2 Cor. 6:4); "As we solemnly forewarned you" (1 Th 4:6). …

Commentary on Colossians ↗