Colossians 2:20

King James Version (KJV)

Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

Translations

Colossians 2:20 - Amplified Bible

If then you have died with Christ to material ways of looking at things {and} have escaped from the world's crude {and} elemental notions {and} teachings of externalism, why do you live as if you still belong to the world? [Why do you submit to rules {and} regulations?--such as]

Colossians 2:20 - American Standard Version

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,

Colossians 2:20 - Bible in Basic English

If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders

Colossians 2:20 - Darby Bible

If ye have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why as [if] alive in [the] world do ye subject yourselves to ordinances?

Colossians 2:20 - English Standard Version

If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations–

Colossians 2:20 - King James Version

Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

Colossians 2:20 - La Biblia de las Americas

Si habéis muerto con Cristo a los principios elementales del mundo, ¿por qué, como si aùn vivierais en el mundo, os sometéis a preceptos tales como:

Colossians 2:20 - The Message

So, then, if with Christ you’ve put all that pretentious and infantile religion behind you, why do you let yourselves be bullied by it? "Don’t touch this! Don’t taste that! Don’t go near this!" Do you think things that are here today and gone tomorrow are worth that kind of attention? Such things sound impressive if said in a deep enough voice. They even give the illusion of being pious and humble and ascetic. But they’re just another way of showing off, making yourselves look important.

Colossians 2:20 - New American Standard Bible

If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as,

Colossians 2:20 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Si ustedes han muerto con Cristo a los principios (las normas) elementales del mundo, ¿por qué, como si aùn vivieran en el mundo, se someten a preceptos tales como:

Colossians 2:20 - World English Bible

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

Colossians 2:20 - Young's Living Translation

If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?

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