“ Set your affectiona on things above, not on things on the earth. ”
Set your affection - Margin, “or mind.” Greek” think of” - φρονεῖτε phroneite. The thoughts should be occupied about the things where Christ now dwells, where our final home is to be, where...
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the (b) earth. (b) So he calls that show of religion which he spoke of in the former chapter.
What it Means to be Risen with Christ. Those who are risen with Christ must aspire to the things above, in the region of Christ's heavenly session at God's right hand. Their minds must be set, not...
Set your affection on . Mind. Greek phroneo. See Romans 8:5 . not. App-105. on. App-104. earth. App-199.
2. Not the things that are on earth. He does not mean, as he does a little afterwards, depraved appetites, which reign in earthly men, nor even riches, or fields, or houses, nor any other th...
DISCOURSE: 2182 HEAVENLY-MINDEDNESS Colossians 3:2 . Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth . IT seems harsh and paradoxical, to say that Christianity is very imperfect...
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Set your affection on things above - Τα ανω φρονειτε· Love heavenly things; study them; let your hearts be entirely engrossed by them....
Set your affection on things above,— The original is mind, regard: "Prefer and pursue the things that are above:" — Τα αω φρονειτε.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. х Ta ( G3588 ) anoo ( G507 ) phroneite ( G5426 )] 'Set your mind on (stronger than seek) the things above, not on...
The Christian's Risen Life and the Duties it entails 1-4. Resurrection with Christ and the heavenly life. Paraphrase ] '(1) Seeing then that at your conversion you shared not Christ's death only...
III. (1-4) As the partaking of the death of Christ taught the negative lesson of death to the Law, so the partaking of His resurrection teaches the positive lesson of the spiritual life. We observ...
Chapter 3 THE PRESENT CHRISTIAN LIFE A RISEN LIFE Colossians 3:1-4 (R.V.) We have now done with controversy. We hear no more about heretical teachers. The Apostle has cut his way through the t...
Seeking the “Things That Are Above” Colossians 3:1-11 Let us repeat the glorious truth, which was doubtless the heart of Paul's teaching, that our old nature has been nailed in Christ to the Cr...
The believer is to "seek the things... above." The word "seek" marks aspiration, desire, and passion. The things above are those of the empire of Christ. In order to seek these things the mind must b...
(1) If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. (2) Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. (3) For ye a...
‘RISEN WITH CHRIST’ ‘If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.’ Colossians 3:1 The resurrection of Christ stands not...
Set your affections on things above ,.... For unless the affections are set on them, they will never be sought after in a proper manner. The word signifies to mind them, and think on them, to favour...
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Ver. 2. Set your affections on things ] Things above outlast the days of heaven, and run parallel with the life of God and line of...
If ye then be risen with Christ From spiritual death to spiritual life, as spoken of Colossians 2:12-13 . See also notes on Ephesians 2:1 ; Ephesians 2:6 . If ye be not only engaged to become ne...
CHANGING THE OLD FOR THE NEW (vs.1-11) We have seen some practical exhortations mingled with the doctrine of this epistle. Now this chapter begins what is mainly practical instruction based on th...
The Spiritual Life. A. D. 62. 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are a...
Set your affection on things above: that the hearts of believers here might be where their treasure is, the apostle here repeats his exhortation, using another word, importing they should intensely...
‘Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth, for you died and your life is hid with Christ in God.' The tenses here are important. ‘Go on setting your mind c...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Colossians 3:1 . Seek those things that are above. —Our Lord says that as He was “from above,” so His disbelieving hearers were “from beneath,” which He interprets...
Colossians 3:2 I. What does the Apostle mean by the words Set your affections? Our affections are that part of our nature by which we go out in sentiments of interest, complacency or delight. Wha...
Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, Leave all these outward rituals, and formalities, and ordinances of men, Colossians 3:1-3 . Seek those things which are above, where Christ si...
Colossians 3:1 . If ye then be risen with Christ, above the darkness and torpor of the present world, as in Colossians 2:20 , live in conformity to your hope, by seeking those things that are ab...
EXPOSITION Colossians 3:1-51 SECTION VII . THE TRUE CHRISTIAN LIFE . The apostle, having delivered his attack on the system of error inculcated at Colossae, now passes from the c...
The Affections of the Christians Set on Things Above.
1 Chronicles 22:19 ; 1 Chronicles 29:3 ; 1 John 2:15 ; 1 John 2:15-17 ; Colossians 3:1 ; Colossians 3:5 ; Ecclesiastes 7:14 ; Luke 12:15 ; Luke 16:11 ; Luke 16:19-25 ; Luke 16:8 ; Luke 16...
The New Life in Christ Jesus Colossians 3:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Seven pairs of things: 1. Things above, and things on the earth ( Colossians 3:2 ). 2. Things seen, and things not seen ( 2...