So then, if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Commentaries
2:20 - 3:4
New Life in Christ.
Paul explains what forms “the sustenance and cohesion” that originates from Christ, the head of the Church. If Christians have died with Christ through baptism, they will rise with him into a new reality that must be lived here and now (3:4). Being already dead and risen with Christ should turn believers into people firmly grounded in society, ready to change it through their commitment and witness. In other words, their task is to make “present” in this world the “future of the new humanity” that God has planned for us in Christ. This is possible because the Lord, who died and rose again, has already overcome the limits of space and time, and he is the same one waiting for us in glory, “seated at the right hand of God” (3:1). That’s why he urges the Colossians to “seek the things that are above” (3:1), not to escape from the tasks “down here,” but so that what they long for and pursue can become a reality through truly Christian actions.
Commentaries
New Life in Christ.
Paul explains what forms “the sustenance and cohesion” that originates from Christ, the head of the Church. If Christians have died with Christ through baptism, they will rise with him into a new reality that must be lived here and now (3:4). Being already dead and risen with Christ should turn believers into people firmly grounded in society, ready to change it through their commitment and witness. In other words, their task is to make “present” in this world the “future of the new humanity” that God has planned for us in Christ. This is possible because the Lord, who died and rose again, has already overcome the limits of space and time, and he is the same one waiting for us in glory, “seated at the right hand of God” (3:1). That’s why he urges the Colossians to “seek the things that are above” (3:1), not to escape from the tasks “down here,” but so that what they long for and pursue can become a reality through truly Christian actions.