KJV King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
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Colossians 3:2
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
WEB World English Bible
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
ASV American Standard Version
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,
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.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
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1 John 2:15-17Love 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.1 Chronicles 22:19Now 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.Colossians 3:1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.Matthew 16:23But 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.Romans 8:4-6That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:Psalm 119:36-37Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.Colossians 3:5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:Philippians 3:19-20Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)Luke 12:15And 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.Psalm 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].Philippians 1:23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:Psalm 91:14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.Luke 16:11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches]?1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, [which] I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.Luke 16:19-25There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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