Colossians 3:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”
What this verse means
Colossians 3:2 calls believers to set their minds on things above — to let the risen Christ and eternal realities, not merely earthly concerns, shape what they treasure and think about.
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BSBPD
“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Colossians 3:2 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 22:19Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:
- Psalms 49:11Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
- Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
- Psalms 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
- Psalms 119:36Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
- Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
- Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
- Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
- Matthew 16:23But 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.”
- Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
- Luke 16:8The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
- Luke 16:11So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
- Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- Romans 8:4so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
- Philippians 1:23I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
- Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
- Colossians 3:1Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
- 1 John 2:15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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