Colossians 3:1
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- KJV
- If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
- WEB
- If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
- ASV
- If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
- DARBY
- If therefore ye have been raised with the Christ, seek the things [which are] above, where the Christ is, sitting at [the] right hand of God:
- BLB
- If, then, you⁺ were raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.
- ÅB
- Er dere da oppreist med Kristus, da søk det som er der oppe, der Kristus sitter ved Guds høyre hånd!
- OTB
- Hvis dere da er oppreist med Kristus, søk de ting som er der oppe, hvor Kristus sitter ved Guds høyre hånd.
- B1930
- Er I da opreist med Kristus, da søk det som er der oppe, der Kristus sitter ved Guds høire hånd!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 8:6
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Read in contextMatthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:18
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Read in contextColossians 3:2
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Read in contextMatthew 6:20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Read in contextPsalms 73:25–26
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
Read in contextHebrews 12:2
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Read in contextGalatians 2:19–20
For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
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