Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Go and build the sanctuary of the Lord God so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the Lord.”
Colossians 3:2 - New Revised Standard Version Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth. American Standard Version (1901) Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. Common English Bible Think about the things above and not things on earth. Catholic Public Domain Version Consider the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth. |
Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Go and build the sanctuary of the Lord God so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the Lord.”
Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God:
Put no confidence in extortion, and set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
Those who love me, I will deliver; I will protect those who know my name.
When your eyes light upon it, it is gone; for suddenly it takes wings to itself, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that will come after them.
But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal;
And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”
If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?
I am hard pressed between the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better;
So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).