Colossians 3:2
New International Version
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

New Living Translation
Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.

English Standard Version
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Berean Standard Bible
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

Berean Literal Bible
Set your minds on the things above, not the things on the earth.

King James Bible
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

New King James Version
Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

New American Standard Bible
Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.

NASB 1995
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

NASB 1977
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

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

Amplified Bible
Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value].

Christian Standard Bible
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Feed on that which is above and not that which is in The Earth,

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

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

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

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

Good News Translation
Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.

International Standard Version
Keep your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth.

Literal Standard Version
mind the things above, not the things on the earth,

Majority Standard Bible
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

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

NET Bible
Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

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

New Heart English Bible
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

Webster's Bible Translation
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

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Context
Putting on the New Self
1Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.…

Cross References
Matthew 16:23
But Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."

Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,


Treasury of Scripture

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

Set.

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.

1 Chronicles 22:19
Now 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.

1 Chronicles 29:3
Moreover, 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,

affection.

Colossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Psalm 49:11-17
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names…

Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

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1. He shows where we should seek Christ.
5. He exhorts to holiness;
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12. exhorting to charity, humility,
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Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Set [your] minds on
φρονεῖτε (phroneite)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 5426: (a) I think, (b) I think, judge, (c) I direct the mind to, seek for, (d) I observe, (e) I care for.

things
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

above,
ἄνω (anō)
Adverb
Strong's 507: Up, above, up to the top, up to the brim, things above, heaven, the heavenly region. Adverb from anti; upward or on the top.

not
μὴ (mē)
Adverb
Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

earthly
γῆς (gēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

things.
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


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