Colossians 3:1
IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek the things which are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2Fix your minds on things above, not on things on the earth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither rust nor canker spoil, and where thieves do not dig through and steal;
Matthew 22:44“The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thine enemies as a footstool for thy feet.”
Mark 12:36for David himself saith by the Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thy enemies the foot-stool for thy feet.
Mark 16:19Then the Lord, after having thus spoken to them, 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 →