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 began a life of holiness. Thenceforth they were servants of the ascended Christ, and citizens of the heavenly kingdom. They were consecrated to the pursuit of things above, holy and heavenly.

Seek Strive earnestly to gain all that heaven has for the redeemed, its mansion, its purity, its joy, its glory.

Christ sitteth Two things are asserted: Christ is in heaven, and he is seated on the right hand of God. See on Ephesians 1:20.