11 translations · Greek
Colossians 3:2
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
Colossians 3:2 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
- KJV King James Version
- Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- mind the things above, not the things on the earth,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Fix your mind on what's above, not what's here on earth.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,
- DBY Darby Translation
- have your mind on the things [that are] above, not on the things [that are] on the earth;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| τὰ | ta | things | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἄνω | anō | above | G507 ἄνω above |
| φρονεῖτε | phroneite | Set [your] minds on | G5426 φρονέω to reason |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 μή not |
| τὰ | ta | things | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐπὶ | epi | on | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| τῆς | tēs | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| γῆς | gēs | earthly | G1093 γῆ earth: planet |
Related verses
- 1 John 2:15–17
Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s. The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.
- 1 Chronicles 22:19
Now set your heart and your soul to follow Yahweh your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for Yahweh’s name.”
- Colossians 3:1
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
- Matthew 16:23
But he turned, and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”
- Romans 8:4–6
that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 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. For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
- Matthew 6:19
“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
- Psalm 119:36–37
Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
- Colossians 3:5
Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
- Philippians 3:19–20
whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things. For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
- Luke 12:15
He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
Read all of Colossians 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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