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, World English Bible
“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,”
“If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, ”
“If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?”
“If then you be dead with Christ from the elements of this world, why do you yet decree as though living in the world?”
“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”
“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,”
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
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.
If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
"Don't handle, nor taste, nor touch"
(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren't of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.