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

When you were buried with the Messiah in baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

Therefore, through baptism we were buried with him into his death so that, just as the Messiah was raised from the dead by the Father's glory, we too may live an entirely new life.

For through the Law I died to the Law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with the Messiah.

and the unlimited greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength,

even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with the Messiah (by grace you have been saved),

Seek

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

You cause me to know the path of life; in your presence is joyful abundance, at your right hand there are pleasures forever. A Davidic Prayer.

from men, LORD, by your hand from men who belong to this world, whose reward is only in this life. But as for your treasured ones, may their stomachs be full, may their children have an abundance, and may they leave wealth to their offspring.

Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire nothing on this earth.

The way of life leads upward for the wise so he may avoid Sheol below.

But keep on storing up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal,

"Sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor. Make yourselves wallets that don't wear out a dependable treasure in heaven, where no thief can get close and no moth can destroy anything.

To focus our minds on the human nature leads to death, but to focus our minds on the Spirit leads to life and peace.

because we do not look for things that can be seen but for things that cannot be seen. For things that can be seen are temporary, but things that cannot be seen are eternal.

Our citizenship, however, is in heaven, and it is from there that we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

All these people died having faith. They did not receive the things that were promised, yet they saw them in the distant future and welcomed them, acknowledging that they were strangers and foreigners on earth.

General references

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then the Messiah has not been raised,

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

For here we have no permanent city but are looking for the one that is coming.