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Colossians 2:20

20 aIf you have died with Christ 1to the belementary principles of the world, cwhy, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to ddecrees, such as,

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Colossians 2:20 — The New International Version (NIV)

20 Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:

Colossians 2:20 — English Standard Version (ESV)

20 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 (KJV 1900)

20 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 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as,

Colossians 2:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations—

Colossians 2:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 Since you died with Christ and were made free from the ruling spirits of the world, why do you act as if you still belong to this world by following rules like these:

Colossians 2:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 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 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 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 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 If you have died with Christ to the world’s way of doing things, why do you let others tell you how to live? It’s as though you were still under the world’s influence.

Colossians 2:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 If you died with the Messiah to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:

Colossians 2:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the universe, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations,

Colossians 2:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as if living in the world?

Colossians 2:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 The people of the world believe certain basic things. You died with Christ as far as things like that are concerned. So why do you act as if you still belong to the world? Here are the rules you follow.


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