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Colossians 3 Bible study: Seek the things that are above

Colossians 3 doesn't only say "seek the things that are above" (3:1). It goes on, "For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God." (3:3). And of all it tells them to put on, it sets one above the rest: "Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection." (3:14).

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“Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
Colossians 3:17 · World English Bible

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“Colossians 3 says they "have put on the new man" (3:10) before it says, "Put on therefore" (3:12).”

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Seek the things that are above

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The chapter opens with If then: "If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God." (3:1) (tap seek). "Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth." (3:2) (tap Set your mind). The next verse begins with For: "For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God." (3:3) (tap hidden). "When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory." (3:4). These notes say no more of what is above, of where Christ is, or of when he is revealed than these verses say.

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φρονέωphroneosay fron-EH-o

Strong's: "to exercise the mind, i.e. entertain or have a sentiment or opinion". "Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth." (3:2): behind Set your mind is this verb, and Colossians has it only here (in all eight editions TAGNT compares). The verse before has another verb, seek (tap seek). Romans has this one in "For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit." (Romans 8:5). Favor's Matthew 16 and 2 Corinthians 13 study it too, where the WEB gives it as setting your mind and Be of the same mind.

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Colossians 3 Bible study questions

  1. 1"Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth." (3:2). What helps you set your mind on the things that are above in an ordinary week?
  2. 2"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another" (3:16). The verse speaks of *one another*. What could that look like in your group?
  3. 3"Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." (3:17). What is one ordinary thing in your week you could do with these words in mind?

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