Colossians 3:1

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Summary

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.

Risen

Ephesians 2:5

Seek

General references

1 Corinthians 15:13

Hebrews 10:12

Hebrews 13:14

Bible References

Risen

having been buried with him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with [him] through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may live {a new way of life}.

For through the law I died to the law, in order that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ,

and what [is] the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength

and we being dead in trespasses, he made [us] alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),

Seek

Set your mind on the things above, not [on] the things on earth.

You will make known to me [the] path of life. In your presence [is] fullness of joy. At your right hand [are] pleasures forever.

from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of [this] world. Their share [is] in {this life}, and you fill their stomach [with] your treasure. They are satisfied [with] children. They bequeath their excess to their children.

Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.

The path of life [leads] upward for him who has insight, in order to turn away from Sheol below.

but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves do not break in or steal.

Sell your possessions and give charitable gifts. Make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven where thief does not approach or moth destroy.

For the mindset of the flesh [is] death, but the mindset of the Spirit [is] life and peace,

[because] we are not looking at what is seen, but what is not seen. For what is seen [is] temporary, but what is not seen [is] eternal.

For our commonwealth exists in heaven, from which also we eagerly await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

These all died in faith without receiving the promises, but seeing them from a distance and welcoming [them], and admitting that they were strangers and temporary residents on the earth.

General references

But if [there] is no resurrection of the dead, Christ has not been raised [either].

But this one, [after he] had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,

For here we do not have a permanent city, but we seek the [city] that is to come.