20Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules:


In Context

17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions.

19 He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

20 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules:

21 "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"?

22 These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

Colossians 2:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:20If then you be dead with Christ from the elements of this world, why do you yet decree as though living in the world?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:20If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20If ye have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why as if alive in the world do ye subject yourselves to ordinances?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:20If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20Wherefore, if ye are dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Why if you be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances,