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Colossians 3:1

WEB

1If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

KJV

1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

BSB

1Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

FBV

1So if you've been brought back to life with Christ, look for what comes from above, where Christ is, sitting at God's right hand.

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Extra References

Romans 8:6

6For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;


Matthew 6:33

33But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.


2 Corinthians 4:18

18while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.


Colossians 3:2

2Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.


Matthew 6:20

20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;


Psalms 73:25-26

25Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you. 26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.


Hebrews 12:2

2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.


Galatians 2:19-20

19For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. 20I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.


Psalms 16:11

11You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.


Luke 12:33

33Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.