Colossians 3:1
If yee then bee risen with Christ, seeke those thinges which are aboue, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2Set your affections on things which are aboue, and not on things which are on the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 17:14From men by thine hand, O Lord, from men of the world, who haue their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thine hid treasure: their children haue ynough, and leaue the rest of their substance for their children.
Psalms 110:1A Psalme of David. The Lord said vnto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, vntill I make thine enemies thy footestoole.
Matthew 6:20But lay vp treasures for your selues in heauen, where neither the mothe nor canker corrupteth, and where theeues neither digge through, nor steale.
Matthew 22:44The Lord sayd to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footestoole?
Mark 12:36For Dauid himselfe said by ye holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footestoole.
Mark 16:19So after ye Lord had spoken vnto them, he was receiued into heauen, and sate 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 →