Verse 2

Set youre affeccion on thynges yt are above and not on thinges which are on ye erth.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 16:23 : 23 Then tourned he aboute and sayde vnto Peter: come after me Satan thou offendest me because thou sauourest not godly thinges but wordly thinges
  • 1 John 2:15-17 : 15 Se that ye love not the worlde nether the thynges that are in the worlde. Yf eny man love the worlde the love of the father is not in him. 16 For all that is in ye worlde (as the lust of the flesshe the lust of the eyes and ye pryde of gooddes) is not of the father: but of ye worlde 17 And the worlde vannyssheth awaye and the lust therof: but he that fulfilleth the will of god abydeth ever.
  • Col 3:1 : 1 If ye be then rysen agayne with christ seke those thynges which are above where Christ sitteth on the right honde of god.
  • Rom 8:4-6 : 4 that the rightewesnes requyred of the lawe myght be fulfilled in vs which walke not after the flesshe but after the sprete. 5 For they that are carnall are carnally mynded. But they that are spirituall are gostly mynded. 6 To be carnally mynded is deeth. But to be spiritually mynded is lyfe and peace.
  • Phil 3:19-20 : 19 whose ende is dampnacio whose God is their bely and whose glory is to their shame which are worldely mynded. 20 But oure conversacion is in heven from whence we loke for a saveour enen the LORde Iesus Christ
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 Wherfore he sayde vnto them: take hede and beware of covetousnes. For no mannes lyfe stondeth in the aboundaunce of the thinges which he possesseth.
  • Col 3:5 : 5 Mortifie therfore youre membres which are on the erth fornicacio vnclennes vnnaturall lust evyll cocupiscece and coveteousnes which is worshippynge of ydols:
  • Luke 16:8-9 : 8 And the LORde comended the vniust stewarde because he had done wysly. For ye chyldren of this worlde are in their kynde wyser then ye chyldren of lyght. 9 And I saye also vnto you: make you frendes of the wicked mammon that when ye shall departe they may receave you into everlastinge habitacions.
  • Luke 16:11 : 11 So then yf ye have not ben faithfull in ye wicked mamon? who will beleve you in that which is true?
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Se that ye gaddre you not treasure vpon ye erth where rust and mothes corrupte and where theves breake through and steale.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 I am constrayned of two thinges: I desyre to be lowsed and to be with Christ which thinge is best of all.
  • Luke 16:19-25 : 19 Ther was a certayne ryche man which was clothed in purple and fyne bysse and fared deliciously every daye. 20 And ther was a certayne begger named Lazarus whiche laye at his gate full of soores 21 desyringe to be refresshed with the cromes whiche fell from the ryche manes borde. Neverthelesse the dogges came and licked his soores. 22 And yt fortuned that the begger dyed and was caried by the angelles into Abrahas bosome. The riche man also died and was buried. 23 And beinge in hell in tormetes he lyfte vp his eyes and sawe Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in his bosome 24 and he cryed and sayd: father Abraham have mercy on me and sende Lazarus that he maye dippe the tippe of his fynger in water and cole my tonge: for I am tourmented in this flame. 25 But Abraha sayd vnto him Sonne remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme receavedst thy pleasure and contrary wyse Lazarus payne. Now therfore is he comforted and thou art punysshed.