Colossians 3:2 (WEB)
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
Catechism · 1
“In Christ, Christians "have tasted. . . the powers of the age to come" and their lives are swept up by Christ into the heart of divine life, so that they may "live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised."” — Catechism footnote: 2 Cor 5:15; cf. Col 3:1-3.
Fathers and councils · 26
Ambrose of Milan
“For it is written for you: “Seek the things that are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God; savour the things that are above.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“And further: “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, not those things which are on the earth.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1, 2.
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Augustine of Hippo
“He then hath gone before: already we also have risen again, but still in hope.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment““If ye be risen with Christ,” saith the Apostle to believers, “set your affection on things above, not on things of the earth.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment““Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“To such forsooth are said those words, which we, as partners and sharers with them, ought to listen to.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–4
Read the whole comment“…says, “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God; set your thoughts on things above.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1, 2
Read the whole comment“Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–3.
Read the whole comment“To whom truly the apostle says, “If ye be dead with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–3.
Read the whole comment“Seek those things which are above, not the things which are on the earth.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–3
Read the whole comment“Hear of those that were circumcised with the real stone, while the apostle admonishes them: “If then ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting on the right hand of God; set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“Seek the things which are above, not things which are on earth?”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“I put off your expectations till now for this reason, that I might explain as I could how it is we come to Christ along the ground, when we are commanded rather to seek the things which are above, not the things which are upon the earth.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“Then shall we appear as that which we then shall be; for it shall then be apparent that it was not without good grounds that we believed and hoped we should become so, before it actually took place.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–4.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But when Christ, who is your life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–4.
Read the whole comment“But when Christ your life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–4.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man On the.19On the Making of Man
“…to what is base; yea, the great Apostle, even, praises such a form of mental elevation when he bids us constantly to “think those things that are above;” and so we find that every such motion, when elevated by loftiness of mind, is conformed to the beauty of the Divine image.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 2.
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Tertullian
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1, 2.
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Aphrahat
“Let us think upon the things which are above, on the heavenly things, and meditate on them, where Christ has been lifted up and exalted.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1, 2.
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Leo the Great
““Set your minds on the things which are above, not on the things which are on the earth.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“For whosoever lives religiously and chastely in the Church and “sets his mind on the things which are above, not on the things that are upon the earth,” is in some measure like the heavenly light: and whilst he himself keeps the brightness of a holy life, he points out to many the way to the Lord like a star.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“For when Christ, our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–4.
Read the whole comment“For when Christ, your life, shall have appeared, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–4.
Read the whole comment“Minds that have heard the call to be uplifted must not be pressed down by earthly affections, they that are fore-ordained to things eternal must not be taken up with the things that perish; they that have entered on the way of Truth must not be…” — editor's note: Sursum vocatos animos. The allusion no doubt is to the V. Sursum corda. R. habemus ad Dominum, with which the Church Liturgy has always ushered us into the…
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Cross-references · 22
Cited together in Catechism §655.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 31 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 30.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.12.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 30.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 30.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 30.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 56.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 46 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.12.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 31.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.12.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.12.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 74.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 74.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 46.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 74.
Cited together in Catechism §655.
Cited together in Catechism §655 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §655.
Cited together in Catechism §655.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.12.