Col 3:1-4 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Col 3:1-11: 3:1-11 Paul summons the Colossians to a new way of thinking that results in a new lifestyle. 3:1 set your sights on the realities of heaven: Christians live on earth, but because they have been raised with Christ, their true being is oriented to the spiritual realm over which Christ rules. In contrast, the rules and regulations of the false teachers focused on the earthly realm (2:22 ).

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‏ Colossians 3:1-4

Summary for Col 3:1-11: 3:1-11 ^a Paul summons the Colossians to a new way of thinking that results in a new lifestyle. 3:1 ^b set your sights on the realities of heaven: Christians live on earth, but because they have been raised with Christ, their true being is oriented to the spiritual realm over which Christ rules. In contrast, the rules and regulations of the false teachers focused on the earthly realm (2:22 ^c).
Summary for Col 3:3-4: 3:3-4 ^d you died to this life: See 2:20 ^e.

• What is now hidden will one day be revealed (cp. 1:26 ^f). We cannot now see that Christ is enthroned at the right hand of God and that we have been raised to new life with Christ. But by faith in the Good News, we know that these things are true. When Christ returns in glory, his supremacy will be evident to all and our relationship to him will be a direct experience.