Colossians 3:2
Set your minds on the things above, not the things on earth.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
In Context
3For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Cross References
Matthew 6:19“Do not store up treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Luke 12:15Then he said to them, “Watch out and be on your guard against covetousness, for 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 →