Colossians 3:2

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 3:1-25

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 above. This idea often occurs, and is the more worthy of notice here, because it connects together a grand chain of argument. Christ by his resurrection was liberated from the darkness of the tomb, so believers are made light in the Lord. He was liberated from the power of death, so are the regenerate... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Colossians 3:1-4

Colossians 3:1-4If ye then be risen with Christ.Risen with ChristThere is no doubt a supposition in the “if.” The apostle takes it for granted that Christians were raised together with Christ, and admonishes them, therefore, to evince it in their life. The resurrection of Christ is represented as giving to His people--I. A new aim. Man is born to aspire, and when he rises with the victorious Christ he aspires to heavenly things. The new quest is for righteousness, holiness, patience, devotion,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Colossians 3:2

Colossians 3:2Set your affections on things above.Things aboveIt is implied in this exhortation that the things above are--I. Known to us. We may love the unseen, not the unknown. We know them through the Scriptures.II. OURS. We may not set our hearts on what is not ours. But “all things are ours.”III. If we do not set our affections upon them we shall on things below. Empty man’s heart cannot be.IV. They are those amid which every Christian will soon be placed for eternity. It becomes the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 3:2

2 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 eternity. Things on earth are mutable and momentary, subject to vanity and violence; when we grasp them most greedily we embrace nothing but smoke, which wrings tears from our eyes, and vanisheth into nothing. Here then the wise man’s question takes place, "Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Colossians 3:2

Set: Colossians 3:1, 1 Chronicles 22:19, 1 Chronicles 29:3, Psalms 62:10, Psalms 91:14, Psalms 119:36, Psalms 119:37, Proverbs 23:5, Ecclesiastes 7:14, Matthew 16:23, Romans 8:4-Joshua :, Philippians 1:23, 1 John 2:15-Esther : affection: or, mind not: Colossians 3:5, Psalms 49:11-Esther :, Matthew 6:19, Luke 12:15, Luke 16:8, Luke 16:9, Luke 16:11, Luke 16:19-Lamentations :, Philippians 3:19, 1 John 2:15 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 9:20 - set not Psalms 31:19 - laid up Psalms 119:25 - soul... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:2

2. Set your affection on things above This is broader counsel than to seek them. Think of them, care for them. Let them occupy your thoughts and affections. Two courses of life and two classes of things were before them. They are more fully described in Philippians 3:17-20, where the words they “mind earthly things” finishes the climax on the unchristian side. Only things above comport with the life upon which the Christian enters at his conversion and baptism. read more