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,

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

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20 [a]Therefore, if you (A)died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, (B)why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations—

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:20 NU, M omit Therefore

22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

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22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish(A) with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.(B)

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22 which all concern things which perish with the using—(A)according to the commandments and doctrines of men?

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