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 youve put all that pretentious and infantile religion behind you, why do you let yourselves be bullied by it? "Dont touch this! Dont taste that! Dont 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 theyre 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?
Colossians 2:20 - Additional Comments
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