Colossians
King James Version (KJV)

“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
King James Version (KJV)
Set your affection on things aboue, not on things on the earth.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.
- Basic English Bible
have your mind on the things [that are] above, not on the things [that are] on the earth;
- Darby Bible
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
- Webster's Bible
Give your minds to the things that are above, not to the things that are on the earth.
- Weymouth Bible
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
- World English Bible
Sauere ye tho thingis, that ben aboue, not tho that ben on the erthe.
- Wycliffe Bible
the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,
- Youngs Literal Bible
3:1 If ye are risen, seek the things above - As Christ being risen, immediately went to heaven.
3:3 For ye are dead - To the things on earth. And your real, spiritual life is hid from the world, and laid up in God, with Christ - Who hath merited, promised, prepared it for us, and gives us the earnest and foretaste of it in our hearts.
3:4 When Christ - The abruptness of the sentence surrounds us with sudden light. Our life - The fountain of holiness and glory. Shall appear - In the clouds of heaven.
Col 3:2 Set your affection on things above. This is a condition of seeking the things above. Our hearts must be in heaven with our beloved Lord.
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