Colossians 3:2
the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
In Context
3for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:19'Now, give your heart and your soul to seek to Jehovah your God, and rise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, to the house that is built to the name of Jehovah.'
Psalms 49:11Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
Psalms 91:14Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him — I set him on high, Because he hath known My name.
Proverbs 23:5For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
Matthew 6:19'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
Luke 12:15And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'
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 →