Colossians 2:20

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

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,

BSB

If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

WEB

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

YLT

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?

F.O.G Original

(20) If you’ve died with Mashiach, away from the elementary principles of this world, why are you living as if in the world and submit to it’s dogmatic thinking?

F.O.G

(20) If you’ve died with Mashiach, away from the elementary principles of this world, why are you living as if in the world and submit to it’s dogmatic thinking?

F.O.G MSG

²⁰Since you died with the Messiah to the basic principles of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world by submitting to regulations like: