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

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order 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 toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might

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

Seek

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

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.

The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.

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 to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

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

as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, 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 Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.