Colossians 2:20

World English Bible (WEB)

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

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18 Let no one rob you of your prize by self-abasement and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

19 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.

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

21 “Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”

22 (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

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WEB World English Bible: If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
KJV 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,
BSB Berean Standard Bible: If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
ASV 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,
YLT Young's Literal 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?
DBY Darby Translation: 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?
WBS Webster Bible: Wherefore, if ye are dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,