Colossians 3:2

Easy To Read Version

Think only about the things in heaven, not the things on earth.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now give your heart and soul to the Lord your God, and do the things he says. Build the holy place of the Lord God. Build the temple {\cf2\super [243]} for the Lord’s name. Then bring the Box of the Agreement {\cf2\super [244]} and all the other holy things into the temple.”

1 Chronicles 29:3

I am making a special gift of gold and silver things for my God’s temple. I am doing this because I really want the temple of my God to be built. I am giving all these things to build this holy temple.

Psalm 62:10

Don’t trust the power to take things by force.\par Don’t think you will gain anything by stealing.\par And if you become rich,\par don’t trust your riches to help you.\par

Psalm 91:14

The Lord says,\par “If a person trusts me, I will save him.\par I will protect my followers\par who worship my name.\par

Proverbs 23:5

Money goes very quickly, as if it grows wings and flies away like a bird.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When life is good, enjoy it. But when life is hard, remember that God gives us good times and hard times. And no one knows what will happen in the future.\par

Matthew 16:23

Then Jesus said to Peter, “Go away from me, Satan {\cf2\super [234]} ! You are not helping me! You don’t care about the things of God. You only care about things that people think are important.”

Matthew 6:19

“Don’t save treasures for yourselves here on earth. Moths and rust will destroy treasures here on earth. And thieves can break into your house and steal the things you have.

Luke 12:15

Then Jesus said to them. “Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. A person does not get life from the many things he owns.”

Luke 16:11

If you cannot be trusted with worldly riches, then you will not be trusted with the true (heavenly) riches.

Philippians 1:23

It is hard to choose between living or dying. I want to leave this life and be with Christ. That is much better.

Colossians 3:1

You were raised from death with Christ. So try to get the things in heaven. I mean the things where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.

Colossians 3:5

So put all evil things out of your life: sexual sinning, doing evil, letting evil thoughts control you, wanting things that are evil, and selfishly wanting more and more. This wanting really means to live serving a false god.