Colossians 3:2 (KJV)
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
Colossians 3:2 is verse of the day number 283 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “Set your affection above”. It comes from Colossians 3, and 10 other passages connected to it are listed below.
Colossians 3:2 in other translations
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Colossians 3:2 in context
Colossians 3:1–5 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.
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.
5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Cross-references for Colossians 3:2
Passages most often linked to Colossians 3:2, strongest connections first.
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. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
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