Key Verse Spotlight
Colossians 3:3 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
Colossians 3:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. {affection: or, mind}
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
When Christ, {who is} our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
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