Colossians 3:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Keep your mind on things above, not on worldly things.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

ASV:

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

BBE:

Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.

DBY:

have your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth;

ERV:

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

WEY:

Give your minds to the things that are above, not to the things that are on the earth.

WBS:

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

WEB:

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

YLT:

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

Colossians 3:2 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 16:23 But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's."

Philippians 3:19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.

Philippians 3:20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the {b} earth.
(b) So he calls that show of religion which he spoke of in the former chapter.

PNT:

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.

MHC:

3:1-4 As Christians are freed from the ceremonial law, they must walk the more closely with God in gospel obedience. As heaven and earth are contrary one to the other, both cannot be followed together; and affection to the one will weaken and abate affection to the other. Those that are born again are dead to sin, because its dominion is broken, its power gradually subdued by the operation of grace, and it shall at length be extinguished by the perfection of glory. To be dead, then, means this, that those who have the Holy Spirit, mortifying within them the lusts of the flesh, are able to despise earthly things, and to desire those that are heavenly. Christ is, at present, one whom we have not seen; but our comfort is, that our life is safe with him. The streams of this living water flow into the soul by the influences of the Holy Spirit, through faith. Christ lives in the believer by his Spirit, and the believer lives to him in all he does. At the second coming of Christ, there will be a general assembling of all the redeemed; and those whose life is now hid with Christ, shall then appear with him in his glory. Do we look for such happiness, and should we not set our affections upon that world, and live above this?

CONC:

Affection Earthly Higher Mind Minds

Affection Earth Earthly Higher Mind Minds

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