Colossians 3:2
King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Colossians 3:2 in context
1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
What does Colossians 3:2 mean?
Cross-references
Other passages that echo or illuminate Colossians 3:2.
- Romans 12:2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
- Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
- 1 John 2:15Love 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.
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The Book of Colossians — summary, themes & key verses
Christ above all — the supremacy of Jesus and the fullness we have in him.
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