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Selected Verse: Colossians 3:2 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Col 3:2 |
King James |
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Translate, "Set your mind on the things above, not on the things," &c. (Col 2:20). Contrast "who mind earthly things" (Phi 3:19). Whatever we make an idol of, will either be a cross to us if we be believers, or a curse to us if unbelievers. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Set your affection - Margin, "or mind." Greek" think of" - φρονεῖτε phroneite. The thoughts should be occupied about the things where Christ now dwells, where our final home is to be, where our great interests are. Since we are raised from the death of sin, and are made to live anew, the great object of our contemplation should be the heavenly world.
Not on things on the earth - Wealth, honor, pleasure. Our affections should not be fixed on houses and lands; on scenes of fashion and gaiety; on low and debasing enjoyments. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Set your affection (φρονεῖτε)
Lit., be minded, think. As Rev., set your mind. Seek marks the practical striving; set your mind, the inward impulse and disposition. Both must be directed at things above. "You must not only seek heaven, you must think heaven" (Lightfoot). Compare Phi 3:19, Phi 3:20. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Set your affection on things above - Τα ανω φρονειτε· Love heavenly things; study them; let your hearts be entirely engrossed by them. Now, that ye are converted to God, act in reference to heavenly things as ye did formerly in reference to those of earth; and vice versa. This is a very good general rule: "Be as much in earnest for heavenly and eternal things, as ye formerly were for those that are earthly and perishing." |
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)