Colossians 3:1
If, then, you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where the Christ sits at the right hand of God;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2mind the things that are above, not the things that are on the earth:
Cross References
Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal.
Matthew 22:44The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand till I make thy enemies thy footstool.
Mark 12:36For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies thy footstool.
Mark 16:19The Lord, therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven: and he 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 →