Colossians 3:2

Fix your thoughts upon the things that are above, not upon those that are on earth.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Since, therefore, you were raised to Life with the Christ, seek for the things that are above; for it is there that the Christ is ‘seated at the right hand of God.’

3For you died, and your Life now lies hidden, with the Christ, in God.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:19Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Luke 12:15And then he added: “Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man’s true Life does not depend on what he has.”

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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