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Colossians 3:1 — King James Version← Study notes

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.


Colossians 3:1Greek Interlinear

Greek · Colossians 3:117 words
GreekMeaning
ΕἰEi
IfwordG1487
οὖνoun
thenwordG3767
συνηγέρθητεsynēgerthēte
you have been raised withverbG4891
τῷ
thearticleG3588
ΧριστῷChristō
ChristnounG5547
τὰta
the thingsarticleG3588
ἄνωanō
aboveadverbG507
ζητεῖτεzēteite
do seekverbG2212
οὗhou
whereadverbG3756
ho
thearticleG3588
ΧριστόςChristos
ChristnounG5547
ἐστινestin
isverbG1510
ἐνen
at theprepositionG1722
δεξιᾷdexia
right handadjectiveG1188
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
θεοῦtheou
of GodnounG2316
καθήμενοςkathēmenos
sittingverbG2521
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Colossians 3:1

“If then you were raised together with Christ.” He brings them together, having above established that He died. Therefore he says, “If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above.” No observances are there. “Where Christ is seated on the right hand of God.” Wonderful! Whither has he led our minds aloft! How has he filled them with mighty aspiration! It was not enough to say, “the things that are above,” nor yet, “where Christ is,” but what?…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 7 on Colossians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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