Colossians 3:2
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
- KJV
- Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
- WEB
- Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
- ASV
- Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
- DARBY
- have your mind on the things [that are] above, not on the things [that are] on the earth;
- BLB
- Mind the things above, not the things on the earth.
- ÅB
- La deres hu stå til det som er der oppe, ikke til det som er på jorden!
- OTB
- La deres sinn være vendt mot de ting som er der oppe, ikke mot de jordiske ting.
- B1930
- La eders hu stå til det som er der oppe, ikke til det som er på jorden!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 2:15–17
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Read in context1 Chronicles 22:19
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
Read in contextColossians 3:1
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Read in contextMatthew 16:23
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Read in contextRomans 8:4–6
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Read in contextMatthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Read in contextPsalms 119:36–37
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Read in contextColossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
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