Colossians 3:1

Since believers were raised with Christ, they should seek the things above where He reigns. New life in Christ reorients our desires heavenward.

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• Rom 8:6For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
• Matt 6:33But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
• 2 Cor 4:18while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
• Col 3:2Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
• Matt 6:20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;
• Ps 73:25–26Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
• Heb 12:2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Gal 2:19–20For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God.
• Luke 12:33Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
• Ps 16:11You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
• Phil 3:20–21For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
• Eph 2:5–6even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
• Col 2:12–13having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
• Rom 6:9–11knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him!
• Heb 1:3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Eph 1:19–20and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
• Rom 6:4–5We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
• Luke 22:69From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
• Heb 8:1Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
• Col 2:20If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
• Mark 14:62Jesus said, “I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”
• Rom 8:34Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
• Heb 10:12but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
• Matt 26:64Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”
• Eph 4:10He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
• Luke 20:42David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
• Mark 16:19So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
• Mark 12:36For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’
• Ps 17:14–15from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
• Matt 22:44‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’
• Acts 2:34For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand,
• Heb 1:13But which of the angels has he told at any time, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?”
• Prov 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
• Acts 7:55But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
• 1 Pet 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
• Heb 11:13–16These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
• Ps 110:1A Psalm by David. Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

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