KJV King James Version
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Colossians 3:1
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
WEB World English Bible
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
ASV American Standard Version
If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,
Surrounding context — Colossians 3
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΕἰG1487 · eiifοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenσυνηγέρθητεG4891 · sunegeirōto raise up withτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoΧριστῷ,G5547 · ChristosChristτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄνωG507 · anōaboveζητεῖτε,G2212 · zēteōto seekοὗG3757 · ohuwhitherὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoΧριστόςG5547 · ChristosChristἐστινG1510 · eimito beἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongδεξιᾷG1188 · dexiosrightτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦG2316 · theosGodκαθήμενος·G2521 · kathēmaito sit
Cross-references
Romans 8:6For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.2 Corinthians 4:18While we look not 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 3:2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:Psalm 73:25-26Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.Hebrews 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.Galatians 2:19-20For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.Psalm 16:11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.Luke 12:33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.Philippians 3:20-21For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:Ephesians 2:5-6Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)Colossians 2:12-13Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.Romans 6:9-11Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.Hebrews 1:3Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;Romans 6:4-5Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.Ephesians 1:19-20And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,Luke 22:69Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
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