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, you were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life.

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

and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power to us who believe, according to the working of His vast strength.

made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!

Seek

Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth.

You reveal the path of life to me;
in Your presence is abundant joy;
in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.

With Your hand, Lord, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what You have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.

Who do I have in heaven but You?
And I desire nothing on earth but You.

For the discerning the path of life leads upward,
so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

But collect for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal.

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

For the mind-set of the flesh is death, but the mind-set of the Spirit is life and peace.

So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

but our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

These all died in faith without having received the promises, but they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.

General references

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised;

But this man, after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.

For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come.