Colossians 3:1
If then God has raised you with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2Think about the things above, not about the things on earth.
Cross References
Psalms 17:14Rescue me from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of this world whose prosperity is in this life alone! 1 You will fill the bellies of your treasured ones with riches; they will have many children and will leave their wealth to their children. 1
Psalms 110:1Yahweh says to my master, “Sit at my right hand 1 until I make your enemies your footstool.” 1
Matthew 6:20Instead, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Matthew 22:44'The Lord said to my Lord, 1 “Sit at my right hand, 1 until I make your enemies your footstool”'?
Mark 12:36David himself, in the Holy Spirit, said, 1 'The Lord said to my Lord, 1 “Sit at my right hand, 1 until I make your enemies your footstool.”'
Mark 16:19+ 16:19 The best ancient copies omit Mrk. 16:9-20. After the Lord had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at 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 →