Colossians 3:2

Weymouth NT

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

Cross References

Matthew 16:23

But He turned and said to Peter, »Get behind me, Adversary; you are a hindrance to me, because your thoughts are not God's thoughts, but men's.«

Matthew 6:19

»Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.«

Luke 12:15

And to the people He said, »Take care, be on your guard against all covetousness, for no one's life consists in the superabundance of his possessions.«

Luke 16:11

If therefore you have not proved yourselves faithful in dealing with the wealth that is tainted with fraud, who will entrust to you the true good?

Philippians 1:23

I am in a dilemma, my earnest desire being to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better.

Colossians 3:1

If however you have risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, enthroned at God's right hand.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore put to death your earthward inclinations–fornication, impurity, sensual passion, unholy desire, and all greed, for that is a form of idolatry.