Colossians 3:2
Mind the things above, not those on the earth.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
In Context
3For ye are dead as to the world, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Cross References
Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupts, and where thieves break through and steal:
Luke 12:15And He said unto them, See to it that ye beware of covetousness; for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance 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 →