Colossians 3:1
If therefore ye were raised with the Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2Think on the things above, not the things on the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 17:14from men by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in [this] life, and whose belly thou fill with thy treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalms 110:1LORD says to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Matthew 6:20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust deteriorates, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
Matthew 22:44The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet?
Mark 12:36For David himself said by Holy Spirit, The Lord says to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I may place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet.
Mark 16:19Therefore indeed, the Lord, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:1
I. The apostle exhorts us to set our hearts upon heaven and take them off from this world, ver. 1-4 . II. He exhorts to the mortification of sin, in the various instances of it, ver. 5-11 . III. He earnestly presses to mutual love and compassion, ver. 12-17 . And concludes with exhortations to relative duties, of wives and husbands, parents and children, masters and servants, ver. 18-25 . Read the whole commentary →