Colossians 3:1-4 NIRV Free on the Inside, TLB, GNB Light, Phillips, LP, Everyday Life, NAB Grand
Teaching About Holy Living
Colossians 3:1-4 NIRV Free On the Inside You have been raised up with Christ. So think about things that are in heaven. That is where Christ is. He is sitting at God's right hand.
Think about things that are in heaven. Don't think about thigs that are only on earth.
You died. Now your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Christ is your life. When he appears again, you also will appear with him in heaven's glory.
Colossians 3:1-4 TLB Since you became alive again, so to speak, when Christ arose from the dead, now set your sights on the rich treasures and joys of heaven where he sits beside God in the place of honor and power.
Let heaven fill your thoughts; don't spend your time worrying about things down here.
You should have as little desire for this world as a dead person does. Your real life is in heaven with Christ and God.
And when Christ who is our real life comes back again, you will shine with him and share in all his glories.
Colossians 3:1-4 GNB The Light You have been raised to life with Christ, so set your hearts on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on his throne at the right side of God.
Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you too will appear with him and share his glory!
The LORD and His Chosen King
Psalm 110:1 The LORD said to my lord, the king, "Sit here at my right side until I put your enemies under your feet."
Live a New Life by the power of the Risen Christ
Colossians 3:1-4 Phillips If you are then raised up with Christ, reach out for the highest gifts of Heaven, where Christ reigns in power.
Be concerned with the heavenly things, not with the passing things of earth.
For, as far as this world is concerned, you are already dead, and your true life is a hidden one in God, through Christ.
One day, Christ, who is your life, will show himself openly, and you will all share in that magnificent revelation.
Not Carnality but Christ
Colossians 3:1-4 LP If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Colossians 3:1-4 Everyday life THEREFORE IF you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [ the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value].
For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
The LORD Gives Dominion to the King
A Psalm of David
Psalm 110:1 The LORD (Father) says to my Lord (the Messiah, His Son), "Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete submission]"
IV: The Ideal Christian Life in the World
Mystical Death and Resurrection
Colossians 3:1-4 NAB Grand SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED UP in company with Christ, set your heart on what pertains to higher realms where Christ is seated at God's right hands.
Be intent on things above rather than on things on earth.
After all, you have died! Your life is hidden now with Christ in God.
When Christ our life appears, then you shall appear with him in glory.
Philippians 3:20-21 As you well know, we have our citizenship in heaven, it is from there that we eagerly await the coming of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
He will give a new form to this lowly body of ours and remake it according to the pattern of his glorified body, by his power to subject everything to himself.