Colossians 3:2
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
In Context
3For you are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Cross References
Matthew 6:19Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal:
Luke 12:15And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of every form of greed: for a man's life does not consist of 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 →