Verse of the Day
Translations of Today's Verse
King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.English Standard Version
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.The Message
Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ - that's where the action is. See things from his perspective.New King James Version
Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.New Living Translation
Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on earth.Colossians 3:2 In-Context
1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is your
5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
This Week's Daily Bible Verses
Saturday, May 24
Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Read all of Matthew 19 NIVFriday, May 23
1 Corinthians 2:2
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 2 NIVThursday, May 22
Psalm 145:18-19
The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.
Read all of Psalm 145 NIVWednesday, May 21
2 Samuel 7:22
"How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you."
Read all of 2 Samuel 7 NIVTuesday, May 20
Proverbs 24:30-34
I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment; thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest -- and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.
Read all of Proverbs 24 NIVMonday, May 19
1 John 4:13-15
We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.
Read all of 1 John 4 NIVSunday, May 18
Matthew 22:37
Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."
Read all of Matthew 22 NIV
Commentary on Today's Verse
Commentary on Colossians 3:1-4
(Read Colossians 3:1-4)
As Christians are freed from the ceremonial law, they must walk the more closely with God in gospel obedience. As heaven and earth are contrary one to the other, both cannot be followed together; and affection to the one will weaken and abate affection to the other. Those that are born again are dead to sin, because its dominion is broken, its power gradually subdued by the operation of grace, and it shall at length be extinguished by the perfection of glory. To be dead, then, means this, that those who have the Holy Spirit, mortifying within them the lusts of the flesh, are able to despise earthly things, and to desire those that are heavenly. Christ is, at present, one whom we have not seen; but our comfort is, that our life is safe with him. The streams of this living water flow into the soul by the influences of the Holy Spirit, through faith. Christ lives in the believer by his Spirit, and the believer lives to him in all he does. At the second coming of Christ, there will be a general assembling of all the redeemed; and those whose life is now hid with Christ, shall then appear with him in his glory. Do we look for such happiness, and should we not set our affections upon that world, and live above this?