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Colossians 3:4

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HopeThe return of ChristEternal life

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.

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

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BSB
When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
KJV
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
WEB
When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
ASV
When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
DARBY
When the Christ is manifested who [is] our life, then shall *ye* also be manifested with him in glory.
BLB
When Christ, your⁺ life, shall appear, then you⁺ also will appear with Him in glory.
ÅB
når Kristus, vårt liv, åpenbares, da skal og dere åpenbares med ham i herlighet.
OTB
Når Kristus, som er deres liv, åpenbares, da skal også dere åpenbares med ham i herlighet.
B1930
når Kristus, vårt liv, åpenbares, da skal og I åpenbares med ham i herlighet.

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Cross references

  • John 11:25

    Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

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  • 1 John 3:2

    Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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  • Galatians 2:20

    I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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  • 1 Peter 1:13

    Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

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  • Philippians 3:21

    Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

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  • John 17:24

    Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

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  • 1 Peter 5:4

    And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

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  • Revelation 22:14

    Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

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