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Colossians 3

Col. 3:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If
esti (Greek #2076)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
KJV usage: are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
Pronounce: es-tee'
Origin: third person singular present indicative of 1510
ei (Greek #1487)
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489, 1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.
Pronounce: i
Origin: a primary particle of conditionality
ye
sunegeiro (Greek #4891)
to rouse (from death) in company with, i.e. (figuratively) to revivify (spirtually) in resemblance to
KJV usage: raise up together, rise with.
Pronounce: soon-eg-i'-ro
Origin: from 4862 and 1453
then
oun (Greek #3767)
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
KJV usage: and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
Pronounce: oon
Origin: apparently a primary word
be riseng with
sunegeiro (Greek #4891)
to rouse (from death) in company with, i.e. (figuratively) to revivify (spirtually) in resemblance to
KJV usage: raise up together, rise with.
Pronounce: soon-eg-i'-ro
Origin: from 4862 and 1453
Christ
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
, seek
zeteo (Greek #2212)
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
KJV usage: be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare 4441.
Pronounce: dzay-teh'-o
Origin: of uncertain affinity
those things which are
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
above
ano (Greek #507)
upward or on the top
KJV usage: above, brim, high, up.
Pronounce: an'-o
Origin: adverb from 473
, where
hou (Greek #3757)
at which place, i.e. where
KJV usage: where(-in), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: hoo
Origin: genitive case of 3739 as adverb
Christ
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
h sitteth
kathemai (Greek #2521)
and ἧμαι (to sit; akin to the base of 1476); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside
KJV usage: dwell, sit (by, down).
Pronounce: kath'-ay-mahee
Origin: from 2596
on
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the right hand
dexios (Greek #1188)
the right side or (feminine) hand (as that which usually takes)
KJV usage: right (hand, side).
Pronounce: dex-ee-os'
Origin: from 1209
of God
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
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Col. 2:12• 12buried with him in baptism, in which ye were also raised with [him] through faith in the working of God that raised him out of the dead. (Col. 2:12)
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Rom. 8:31• 31What then shall we say to these things? If God [be] for us, who against us? (Rom. 8:31)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-4:  He shows where we should seek Christ.
5-9:  He exhorts to mortification;
10-11:  to put off the old man, and put on Christ;
12-25:  exhorting to charity, humility, and other several duties.
risen.
Col. 2:12‑13,20• 12buried with him in baptism, in which ye were also raised with [him] through faith in the working of God that raised him out of the dead.
 13And you, being dead in offenses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he quickened you together with him, having forgiven us all the offenses,
 20If ye died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as alive in [the] world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances? (Col. 2:12‑13,20)
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Rom. 6:4‑5,9‑11• 4We were buried therefore with him by baptism unto death, that as Christ was raised out of [the] dead by the glory of the Father, so also, we should walk in newness of life.
 5For if we are become identified with the likeness of his death, so also of his resurrection shall we be,
 9knowing that Christ risen out of [the] dead dieth no more: death hath no more dominion over him.
 10For in that he died, to sin he died once for all; but in that he liveth, he liveth to God.
 11So also do ye reckon yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. (Rom. 6:4‑5,9‑11)
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Gal. 2:19‑20• 19For I, by law, died to law that I may live to God.
 20With Christ I am crucified, yet I live, no longer I, but Christ liveth in me; but that which I now live in flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God that loved me and gave himself up for me. (Gal. 2:19‑20)
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Eph. 1:19‑20• 19and what the surpassing greatness of his power toward us that believe, according to the working of the might of his strength,
 20which he wrought in the Christ in having raised him out of the dead, and seated [him] at his right hand in the heavenly [places], (Eph. 1:19‑20)
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Eph. 2:5‑6• 5even us being dead in our offences he quickened with the Christ (by grace are ye saved),
 6and raised together and seated together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus, (Eph. 2:5‑6)
seek.
Col. 3:2• 2Set your mind on the things above, not on those on the earth. (Col. 3:2)
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Psa. 16:11•  (Psa. 16:11)
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Psa. 17:14‑15•  (Psa. 17:14‑15)
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Psa. 73:25‑26•  (Psa. 73:25‑26)
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Prov. 15:24•  (Prov. 15:24)
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Matt. 6:20,33• 20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust corrupteth, and where thieves dig not through nor steal.
 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. (Matt. 6:20,33)
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Luke 12:33• 33Sell that which ye possess, and give alms; {i}make to yourselves purses which do not grow old,{/i} a treasure which doth not fail in the heavens, where thief doth not draw near, nor moth destroy. (Luke 12:33)
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Rom. 8:6• 6For the mind of the flesh [is] death, and the mind of the Spirit [is] life and peace; (Rom. 8:6)
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2 Cor. 4:18• 18while we have the eye not on the things that are seen, but on those not seen, for the things seen [are] temporary, but those not seen, eternal. (2 Cor. 4:18)
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Phil. 3:20‑21• 20For our commonwealth has its being in [the] heavens, from whence also we await [as] Saviour [the] Lord Jesus Christ,
 21who shall transform our body of humiliation, conformed to his body of glory according to the working of his ability also to subject all things to him. (Phil. 3:20‑21)
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Heb. 11:13‑16• 13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and greeted, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
 14For they that say such things make plain that they seek out a country.
 15And if indeed they called to mind that from which they went out, they might have had opportunity to return;
 16but now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he prepared for them a city. (Heb. 11:13‑16)
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Psa. 110:1•  (Psa. 110:1)
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Matt. 22:44• 44{i}The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies under thy feet?{/i} (Matt. 22:44)
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Matt. 26:64• 64{i}Jesus says to him, Thou hast said. Moreover, I say to you, From henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.{/i} (Matt. 26:64)
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Mark 12:36• 36{i}[for] David himself said [speaking] in the Holy Spirit,{/i} Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. (Mark 12:36)
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Mark 14:62• 62{i}And Jesus said,{/i} I am, and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven. (Mark 14:62)
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Mark 16:19• 19The Lord, therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God. (Mark 16:19)
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Luke 20:42• 42and David himself saith in the book of Psalms, Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, (Luke 20:42)
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Luke 22:69• 69But henceforth shall the Son of Man be sitting on the right hand of the power of God. (Luke 22:69)
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Acts 2:34• 34For David ascended not into the heavens, but saith himself, The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand (Acts 2:34)
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Acts 7:55• 55But being full of the Holy Spirit, looking fixedly into heaven, he saw [the] glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, (Acts 7:55)
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Rom. 8:34• 34who is he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather risen too, who is also at [the] right hand of God, who also pleadeth for us: (Rom. 8:34)
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Eph. 1:20• 20which he wrought in the Christ in having raised him out of the dead, and seated [him] at his right hand in the heavenly [places], (Eph. 1:20)
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Eph. 4:10• 10He that descended, he it is also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. (Eph. 4:10)
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Heb. 1:3,13• 3who being effulgence of his glory and expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made [by himself] purification of our sins sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,
 13But as to which of the angels hath he ever said, Sit at my right hand until I set thine enemies a footstool of thy feet? (Heb. 1:3,13)
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Heb. 8:1• 1Now a chief point [in connection] with the things said [is]: We have such a high priest who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; (Heb. 8:1)
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Heb. 10:12• 12but he having offered one sacrifice for sins, continuously sat down on God's right hand, (Heb. 10:12)
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Heb. 12:2• 2looking off unto Jesus the leader and completer of faith; who for the joy set before him endured cross, despising shame, and is set down on the right hand of the throne of God. (Heb. 12:2)
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1 Peter 3:22• 22who is at God's right hand, having proceeded into heaven, angels, and authorities, and powers being subjected to him. (1 Peter 3:22)
• To look, to have one’s motives, above and below at the same time is impossible. Be tempted by things, have to resist them, we may; but this is not to have them as our object. (“Colossians 3” by J.N. Darby)
• In this Epistle to the Colossians we find that there is a new nature, an intrinsic change, not of the flesh indeed, but of the man. For we are viewed, not merely as quickened by the Son, but as dead and risen with Christ, the Man who had died, so as to have passed out of-put off-the old standing of a child of Adam, and into a risen one with Christ-put on the new man. (“Colossians 3” by J.N. Darby)
• He now shows that the practical effect of our identification with Christ’s resurrection is to associate us with God’s world above and with all that is there. (“The Believer's Identification With the Death and Resurrection of Christ: Colossians 3:1-11” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If therefore ye have been raised with the Christ, seek the things which are above, where the Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God:

W. Kelly Translation

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If therefore ye were raised with Christ, seek the things above, where the Christ is seated on [the] right hand of God.