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, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

We were buried therefore with him through baptism unto death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

For I through the law died unto the law, that I might live unto God.

and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),

Seek

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Whom have I in heaven but thee ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.

For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

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.

For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

General references

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither hath Christ been raised:

but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.