Filled to build tents and filled to build lives

G. K. Beale, in the Colossians chapter of The New Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (Eds Beale and Carson) compares Exodus 31:3 with Colossians 1:9-10:


The Exodus texts assert aht God filled people with the Spirit so that they would have the skills needed to build the tabernacle and fashion its inner contents. Accordingly, Paul sees God filling Christians with his Spirit so that they can live skillful godly lives.