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

when in your baptism you were buried with him, and raised to life with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

Through baptism we have been buried with him in death, so that just as he was raised from the dead through the Father's glory, we too may live a new life.

For it is through the Law that I have become dead to the Law, so that I may live for God.

and how surpassingly great his power is for us who believe; like the mighty strength

he made us, dead as we were through our offenses, live again with the Christ. It is by his mercy that you have been saved.

Seek

Fix your thoughts on the things that are above, not on those that are on earth.

but store up your riches in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy them, and where thieves cannot break in and steal them.

Sell what belongs to you, and give away the money! Get yourselves purses that will never wear out, inexhaustible riches in heaven, where thieves cannot get near nor moths destroy.

For to be physically minded means death, but to be spiritually minded means life and peace.

because I keep my eyes not on what is seen but what is unseen. For what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal.

But the commonwealth to which we belong is in heaven, and from it we are eagerly awaiting the coming of a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

All these people lived all their lives in faith, and died without receiving what had been promised; they only saw it far ahead and welcomed the sight of it, recognizing that they themselves were only foreigners and strangers here on earth.

General references

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ was not raised,

But Christ has offered for all time one sacrifice for sin, and has taken his seat at God's right hand,

for we have no permanent city here on earth, but we are in search of the city that is to come.