Colossians 3:2
Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
In Context
3For you are dead; and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:19Give therefore your hearts and your souls, to seek the Lord your God: and arise, and build a sanctuary to the Lord God, that the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the vessels consecrated to the Lord, may be brought into the house, which is built to the name of the Lord.
Psalms 49:11He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers:
Psalms 91:14Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.
Proverbs 23:5Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.
Matthew 6:19Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal.
Luke 12:15And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.
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 →