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OET (OET-RV) Yes, be thinking about things from above, not earthly things
OET-LV Be_thinking the things above, not the things on the earth.
SR-GNT Τὰ ἄνω φρονεῖτε, μὴ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. ‡
(Ta anō froneite, maʸ ta epi taʸs gaʸs.)
Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Think about the things above, not the things on the earth.
UST I want you to desire what God has ready for you in heaven, not what you could have here on earth.
BSB Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
BLB Set your minds on the things above, not the things on the earth.
AICNT Set your minds on things above, not on things on the earth.
OEB Fix your thoughts on the things that are above, not on those that are on earth.
WEB Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
MSG (1-2)So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.
NET Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,
LSV mind the things above, not the things on the earth,
FBV Fix your mind on what's above, not what's here on earth.
TCNT Set your minds on the things above, not the things on earth.
T4T Be constantly wanting the blessings that God has prepared for you in heaven [MTY]. Do not be constantly wanting to do the evil deeds that people on earth do [MTY],
LEB Set your mind on the things above, not on the things on earth.
BBE Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.
MOF No MOF COL book available
ASV Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
DRA Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.
YLT the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,
DBY have your mind on the things [that are] above, not on the things [that are] on the earth;
RV Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
WBS Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
KJB Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
BB Set your affection on thynges aboue, not on thinges on the earth.
(Set your affection on things aboue, not on things on the earth.)
GNV Set your affections on things which are aboue, and not on things which are on the earth.
CB Set youre mynde on the thinges which are aboue, not on ye thinges that are vpon earth.
(Set your(pl) mind on the things which are aboue, not on ye/you_all things that are upon earth.)
TNT Set youre affeccion on thynges that are above and not on thinges which are on the erth.
(Set your(pl) affeccion on things that are above and not on things which are on the earth. )
WYC Sauere ye tho thingis, that ben aboue, not tho that ben on the erthe.
(Sauere ye/you_all tho things, that been aboue, not tho that been on the earth.)
LUT Trachtet nach dem, was droben ist, und nicht nach dem, was auf Erden ist!
(Trachtet nach to_him, was droben is, and not nach to_him, was on earthn ist!)
CLV quæ sursum sunt sapite, non quæ super terram.[fn]
(quæ sursum are sapite, not/no which over the_earth/land.)
3.2 Quæ sursum. Spiritualia, quæ significabantur per carnales observantias, hæc sunt, gloria æterna et quæ ad eam ducunt.
3.2 Quæ sursum. Spiritualia, which significabantur per carnales observantias, this are, gloria æterna and which to her ducunt.
UGNT τὰ ἄνω φρονεῖτε, μὴ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
(ta anō froneite, maʸ ta epi taʸs gaʸs.)
SBL-GNT τὰ ἄνω φρονεῖτε, μὴ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,
(ta anō froneite, maʸ ta epi taʸs gaʸs, )
TC-GNT Τὰ ἄνω φρονεῖτε, μὴ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
(Ta anō froneite, maʸ ta epi taʸs gaʸs. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
3:1-11 Paul summons the Colossians to a new way of thinking that results in a new lifestyle.
φρονεῖτε
/be/_thinking
The phrase Think about refers not just to reasoning but also to focus and desire. Alternate translation: “Focus on”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
τὰ ἄνω
the_‹things› above
Just as in 3:1, the things above is another term for heavenly things. If it would be helpful in your language, you could clarify that the phrase refers specifically to things in heaven. Alternate translation: “the heavenly things”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
the_‹things› the_‹things› on the earth
The things on the earth describes those things in this world that are not connected to Christ, which are not the things above. Not thinking about the things on the earth does not mean that the Colossians are supposed to abandon all care for earthly things. Instead, Paul is urging them to focus on Christ and what he has promised for them, not on whatever they could gain on earth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could clarify this contrast by further describing the things on the earth. Alternate translation: “the things that matter in this world”