Colossians 3:2

Set your heart on things above, not on earthly things;

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

In Context

1If you then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ abides, seated on the right hand of God.

3for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:19"Store up for yourselves no treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

Luke 12:15And to the people he said, "Take heed and guard yourselves from all covetousness, for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses."

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 →

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