Colossians 3:1
If, then, you were raised with the Christ, seek the things above, where the Christ is, seated on the right hand of God;
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In Context
2mind the things above, not the things on the earth,
Cross References
Psalms 17:14From men, Your hand, O YHWH, || From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, || And [with] Your hidden things You fill their belly, || They are satisfied [with] sons, || And have left their abundance to their sucklings.
Psalms 110:1A PSALM OF DAVID. A declaration of YHWH to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand, || Until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
Matthew 6:20but treasure up to yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,
Matthew 22:44The LORD said to my Lord, || Sit at My right hand, || Until I may make Your enemies Your footstool?
Mark 12:36For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The LORD said to my Lord, || Sit on My right hand, || Until I place Your enemies—Your footstool;
Mark 16:19The LORD, then, indeed, after speaking to them, was received up to Heaven, and sat on 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 →