Colossians 3:2

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Summary

Colossians 3:2

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Set

1 John 2:15

Not

General references

1 Corinthians 15:13

Hebrews 13:14

Bible References

Set

If you then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ abides, seated on the right hand of God.

But he turned and said to Peter. "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me, because you are not intent on what pleases God, but what pleases men."

in order that the Law might be fulfilled in us who order our lives not after the flesh, but after the spirit.

but am in a quandary between the two. I am perplexed. I have a strong desire to break camp and to be with Christ, which is far better;

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Not

So slay your baser inclinations. fornication, impurity, appetite, unnatural desires, and the greed which is idolatry.

"Store up for yourselves no treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

And to the people he said, "Take heed and guard yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses."

"And the master praised the unjust steward because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this world are in relation to their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

Their end is destruction, their belly is their god, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are set on earthly things.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

General references

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

For we have not here an abiding city, but we are earnestly seeking the city that is to be.