Definitions & Insights – “Walk”

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him. (Colossians 2:6 KJV)

“walk” – a [manner²] of living¹
“to walk” – to follow a certain course of life³
“to walk” – “to live”⁴

“to walk” – to live, think, and choose in certain ways
Our walk includes our initiatives, responses, and habits of life.

To “walk in a Person,” such as to walk in Christ, is to trust Him, listen to Him, stay close to Him, adjust to His ways and values, follow His instructions, and live within the boundaries that He sets, trusting that they are good.

1. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th ed.(Cleveland, Ohio: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2008), 1608.
2. Ibid., mode, 925.
3. Ibid., 1608.
4. Larry Pierce, The Online Bible, CD-ROM (Winterbourne, Ontario: Larry Pierce, 2007), Col 2:6.