Colossians 3:2

mind the things that are above, not the things that are on the earth:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

In Context

1If, then, you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where the Christ sits at the right hand of God;

3for you are dead, and your life is hid with the Christ in God.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.

Luke 12:15And he said to them: Take heed and beware of covetousness; for a man’s life depends not on the abundance of his possessions.

Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:2-5

The Spiritual Life. ( a. d. 62.) 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. The apostle, having described our privileges by Christ in the former part of the epistle, and our discharge from the yoke of the ceremonial law, comes… Read the whole commentary →

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