for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.

This is what the Lord says: "The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest?

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

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

The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.

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

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