Colossians 3:2
The things on high, hold in esteem, not the things upon the earth:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
In Context
3For ye have died, and, your life, is hid, together with the Christ, in God,—
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:19Now, apply your heart and your soul, to seek unto Yahweh your God,—and then arise ye and build the sanctuary of Yahweh Elohim, that ye may bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of God, into the house which hath been built for the Name of Yahweh.
Psalms 49:11Their, inward thought, is that their houses are for times age-abiding, Their habitations, for generation after generation,—They give their own names unto lands!
Psalms 91:14Because, on me, he hath set firm his love, Therefore will I deliver him, I will set him on high, Because he hath known my Name;
Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.
Matthew 6:19Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;
Luke 12:15And he said unto them—Mind and be guarding yourselves from all covetousness; for not, in one’s abundance, doth his life spring out of his possessions.
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 →