Colossians
King James Version (KJV)


“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.”
King James Version (KJV)
3:1 If ye are risen, seek the things above - As Christ being risen, immediately went to heaven.
Col 3:1 The New Life in Christ SUMMARY OF COLOSSIANS 3: Fellowship with the Risen Christ. Our Lives with Him. Hence, All the Evil Deeds of the Old Life Must Be Put Away. All Distinctions Done Away in Christ. Hence, Brotherly Love Must Be Cherished. The Indwelling of Christ's Word. Concerning Songs. Various Duties. If ye then be risen with Christ. The Revised Version is correct: "If then ye were raised together with Christ". A definite act, not a state, is referred to. The definite act is named in Col 2:12. When they were "buried with him in baptism", they were also raised from this burial with him through faith, quickened. Hence here he says, "If then ye were raised with him", if your obedience was from the heart and in faith, if you rose therefore "with him" (these are the emphatic words), then seek those things which are above. The risen Christ ascended; let your aspirations ascend also. Where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. See PNT "Eph 1:20".
If yee then bee risen with Christ, seeke those things which are aboue, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
- American Standard Version (1901)
If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- Basic English Bible
Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
If therefore ye have been raised with the Christ, seek the things [which are] above, where the Christ is, sitting at [the] right hand of God:
- Darby Bible
Therefore, if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above; where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God:
- Douay-Rheims Bible
If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
- English Revised Version
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
- World English Bible