Colossians 3:1–3
Our life is hidden with Christ in God
Study it word by word1So if you were raised with the Messiah, seek the things above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God.
2Think about the things above, not the things on the earth.
3For you died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God.
In its context
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4When the Messiah, your life, is made manifest, then you also will be made manifest with him in glory.
5So put to death the members that are on the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry;
Its words in the original
- συνηγέρθητεsynēgerthēte· raise together
Raise up together with another.
- ΧριστῷChristōi· Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
- ἄνωanō· above, up
Above, up.
- ζητεῖτεzēteite· seek
Look for, seek; try to.
- οὗhou· where
"Where", "to where".
- ἐστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- δεξιᾷdexiai· right
Right (hand, side).
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- καθήμενοςkathēmenos· sit
Be sitting; dwell.
- φρονεῖτεphroneite· think, set one's mind
Think, have in mind, set one's interest on something.
- γῆςgēs· earth, land
Earth: the ground, a country, or the whole world.
- ἀπεθάνετεapethanete· die
Die.
- ζωὴzōē· life
Life; the true life that God gives.
- κέκρυπταιkekryptai· hide
Hide, conceal.
- σὺνsyn· with
With, together with.