Colossians 3:2
Good News Translation
Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.

New Revised Standard Version
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth,

Contemporary English Version
Think about what is up there, not about what is here on earth.

New American Bible
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.

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Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.

Set.

Colossians 3:1 Therefore if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.

1 Chronicles 22:19 Give therefore your hearts and your souls, to seek the Lord your God and arise, and build a sanctuary to the Lord God, that the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the vessels consecrated to the Lord, may be brought into the house, which is built to the name of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:3 Now over and above the things which I have offered into the house of my God I give of my own proper goods, gold and silver for the temple of my God, beside what things I have prepared for the holy house.

Psalm 62:10 Trust not in iniquity, and covet not robberies: if riches abound, set not your heart upon them.

Psalm 91:14 Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.

Psalm 119:36,37 Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness. . . .

Proverbs 23:5 Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.

Ecclesiastes 7:14 In the good day enjoy good things, and beware beforehand of the evil day: for God hath made both the one and the other, that man may not find against him any just complaint.

Matthew 16:23 Who turning, said to Peter: Go behind me, Satan, thou art a scandal unto me: because thou savourest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.

Romans 8:4-6 That the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit. . . .

Philippians 1:23 But I am straitened between two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, a thing by far the better.

1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him. . . .

affection.

Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence and covetousness, which is the service of idols.

Psalm 49:11-17 And their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names. . . .

Matthew 6:19 Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through, and steal.

Luke 12:15 And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness: for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.

Luke 16:8,9,11,19-25 And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light. . . .

Philippians 3:19 Whose end is destruction: whose God is their belly: and whose glory is in their shame: who mind earthly things.

1 John 2:15 Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.

Context
Putting on the New Self
1Therefore if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. 2Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth. 3For you are dead: and your life is hid with Christ in God.…
Cross References
Matthew 16:23
Who turning, said to Peter: Go behind me, Satan, thou art a scandal unto me: because thou savourest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.

Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction: whose God is their belly: and whose glory is in their shame: who mind earthly things.

Philippians 3:20
But our conversation is in heaven: from whence also we look for the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ,

Colossians 3:1
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