Colossians 3:1
If then ye have risen with the Messiah, seek the things on high, where the Messiah sitteth on the right hand of God.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
2Think of things on high; not of the things on earth:
Cross References
Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where no moth and no rust can spoil, and no thieves dig through nor steal.
Matthew 22:44The Lord said to my Lord, Seat thyself at my right hand, until I place thy enemies under thy feet.
Mark 12:36For David himself saith, by the Holy Spirit: The Lord said to my Lord; Seat thyself on my right hand, until I place thy enemies as a footstool beneath thy feet.
Mark 16:19And Jesus, our Lord, after he had conversed with them, ascended to heaven, and sat on 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 →