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Colossians 3:3: Where It Appears, and Where It Leads to Christ
“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”Colossians 3:3
Colossians 3:3 is one of the verses The Living Bread keeps returning to. It anchors 2 different readings across the site. Each is listed below, with an honest note on how directly it is read of Christ. Read the verse first, then follow it wherever it leads.
Read it in its place
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Colossians 3 · King James Version
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Questions people ask
What does Colossians 3:3 mean?
Colossians 3:3 is one of the verses The Living Bread returns to again and again, because it opens onto Christ from several directions at once. Read it in its passage above, then follow the collections below to see how it is read across Scripture, each honestly labeled for how directly it speaks of Jesus.
Where is Colossians 3:3 in the Bible?
Colossians 3:3 is found in the book and chapter named in the reference. You can read the whole chapter, in the King James Version, on The Living Bread.
How does Colossians 3:3 point to Jesus?
Follow the collections gathered on this page. Each one opens Colossians 3:3 from a different angle, and together they show how the verse, read in its place, leads to Christ, who said that all the Scriptures speak of Him.