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, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.

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

and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength.

even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you are saved! --

Seek

Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.

Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth.

The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out -- a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,

because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

But our citizenship is in heaven -- and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.

General references

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

But when this priest had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, 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.