Colossians 3:2

Seek The Things Above

¹ IF you, therefore, have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God; ² employ your minds on things above, not on things on the earth. ³ For you have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God;

Earthly Things

On Earth

Matthew 16:23

But he turned and said to Peter, Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense to me! For you regard not the things of God, but those of men.

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, See, and beware of all covetousness; for one's life depends not on the abundance of his property.

Philippians 3:19-20

whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, and their glory in their shame; who regard earthly things.

1 John 2:15-17

Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him;

Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where a moth and corrosion destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal.

Luke 16:8-9

And the lord praised the unjust steward, because he did wisely; for the children of this life are wiser, for their generation, than the children of light.

Luke 16:11

If, therefore, you have not been faithful in the riches procured by injustice, who will commit to you the true?

Luke 16:19-25

There was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day.

Romans 8:4-6

that the righteous ordinance of the law may be performed by us who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.

Philippians 1:23

But I am in a strait between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ; for this is far better;

Colossians 3:1

IF you, therefore, have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God;

Colossians 3:5

Put to death, therefore, your members which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness which is idolatry,