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 together with him in your immersion, wherein also ye have been raised together, through your faith in the energising of God - Who raised him from among the dead.

We were, therefore, buried together with him through our immersion into his death, in order that - just as Christ was raised from among the dead through the glory of the Father, so, we also, in newness of life should walk.

For, I, through means of law, unto law, died, that, unto God, I might live: -

And what the surpassing greatness of his power unto us who believe, - according to the energy of the grasp of his might

Although we were dead by our offences, gave us life together with the Christ, - by favour, ye have been saved, -

Seek

The things on high, hold in esteem, not the things upon the earth:

Thou wilt cause me to know, the path of life, - Fulness of joys before thee, Pleasures at thy right hand evermore.

From men who are thy hand, O Yahweh, From the men of this age, whose portion, is among the living, and, with thy treasure, thou fillest their bosom, - They must be satisfied with sons, And must leave their abundance to their children: -

Whom have I in the heavens? And, compared with thee, there is nothing I desire on earth.

The way of life, is upwards to the prudent, that he may depart from hades beneath.

but be laying up or yourselves treasures in heaven, where, neither moth nor rust, doth tarnish, and where, thieves, dig not through nor steal:

Sell your possessions, and give alms, make for yourselves purses that wax not old, - treasure unfailing, in the heavens, where, thief, doth not draw near, and, moth, doth not spoil.

For, what is preferred by the flesh, is death, whereas, what is preferred by the spirit, is life and peace; -

So long as we are not looking out for the visible things, but for the invisible; for, the visible things, are temporary, whereas, the invisible, are age-abiding.

For, our citizenship, in the heavens, hath its rise; wherefore, a Saviour also, do we ardently await, - The Lord Jesus Christ, -

In faith, all these died - not bearing away the promises, but, from afar, beholding and saluting them, and confessing that, strangers and sojourners, were they upon the land.

General references

But, if, resurrection of the dead, there is none, not even Christ, hath been raised;

But this priest, having offered one sacrifice for sins evermore, sat down on the right hand of God:

For we have not here an abiding city, but, unto that which is to be, are we seeking our way.