Colossians 3:2

set your mind on the things above, not on those upon the earth,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Furthermore, since you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, sitting at God's right;

3because you died and your life has been hidden with Christ in God.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:19“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust ruin and where thieves break in and steal;

Luke 12:15Then He said to them, “Keep alert and guard against covetousness, because one's life does not consist in 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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