Colossians 3:1
If you then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ abides, seated on the right hand of God.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2Set your heart on things above, not on earthly things;
Cross References
Matthew 6:20"but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
Matthew 22:44"The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand Until I put thine enemies beneath thy feet?
Mark 12:36David himself said in the Holy Spirit, "The Lord said to my Lord,’Sit at my right hand until I make thy foes the footstool of thy feet.’
Mark 16:19So then the Lord Jesus, after he had 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 →