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?


In Context

17 which are a shadow of the coming things, and the body is of the Christ;

18 let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and in worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

19 and not holding the head, from which all the body — through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together — may increase with the increase of God.

20 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?

21 — thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle —

22 which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men,

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Since 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:

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 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,