colossians-3:1-2,-hebrews-3:1

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 3:1

1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Ver. 1. If ye then be risen with Christ ] As ye profess to be,Colossians 2:12; Colossians 2:12 . Seek those things, &c. ] As Christ risen spake and did only the things pertaining to the kingdom of God, Acts 1:3 , and waited alway for his exaltation into heaven; there should be continual ascensions in our hearts. The Church is compared to pillars of smoke, elationibus... 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 3:1

risen: Colossians 2:12, Colossians 2:13, Colossians 2:20, Romans 6:4, Romans 6:5, Romans 6:9-1 Kings :, Galatians 2:19, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 1:19, Ephesians 1:20, Ephesians 2:5, Ephesians 2:6 seek: Colossians 3:2, Psalms 16:11, Psalms 17:14, Psalms 17:15, Psalms 73:25, Psalms 73:26, Proverbs 15:24, Matthew 6:20, Matthew 6:33, Luke 12:33, Romans 8:6, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Philippians 3:20, Philippians 3:21, Hebrews 11:13-Nehemiah : where: Psalms 110:1, Matthew 22:44, Matthew 26:64, Mark... 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

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Colossians 3:1

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.If ye are risen, seek the things above — As Christ being risen, immediately went to heaven. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:1

1. The pursuit of heavenly things based on union with the risen Christ, Colossians 3:1-4. 1. If ye then be risen Better, if ye then be raised together. The reference is definitely to the period of their baptism, (Colossians 2:12,) and to the spiritual resurrection symbolized by it, and ideally coincident with it. As in Colossians 2:20, a rule of conduct is deduced from the fact of their having died with Christ, so here also another is founded on their resurrection with him. They then... read more