Colossians 3:2
Set your mind on the things above, not on things on the earth.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
In Context
3For ye died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God;
Cross References
Psalms 49:11They imagine that their houses will endure for ever, And their dwelling-places from generation to generation: Men celebrate their names on the earth.
Psalms 91:14“Because he loveth me, I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knoweth my name.
Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou let thine eyes fly toward them? They are gone! For riches truly make to themselves wings; They fly away like the eagle toward heaven.
Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where the moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Luke 12:15And he said to them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for even when one hath great abundance, his life doth not depend upon 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 →