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

Hebrews 11:13

General references

1 Corinthians 15:13

Hebrews 10:12

Hebrews 13:14

Bible References

Risen

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

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

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

and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power in us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of his might

even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

Seek

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

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves purses that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are unseen are eternal.

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

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

General references

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

But when he had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,

For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city which is to come.