Colossians 2:1 (ESV)

Colossians 2:20 - 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—

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Translations for Colossians 2:20

KJVKJV (read chapter in 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,

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

Therefore,[fn] 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—

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

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,

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

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:

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

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—

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

If you died with Christ to the elements of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

If^G1487 you have died^G599 with Christ^G5547 [fn]to the elementary^G4747 principles^G4747 of the world^G2889, why^G5101, as if^G5613 you were living^G2198 in the world^G2889, do you submit^G1379 yourself to^G1379 decrees^G1379, such as,

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

If you have died with Christ [fn]to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as,

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

If you have died with Christ to the [fn]elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were still living in the world, do you submit to rules and regulations, such as,

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

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?

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

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,

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

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

YLTYLT (read chapter in 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?

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

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?

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

Wherefore, if ye are dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

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

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

si mortui estis cum Christo ab elementis mundi quid adhuc tamquam viventes in mundo decernitis

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

فَمَادُمْتُمْ قَدْ مُتُّمْ مَعَ الْمَسِيحِ بِالنِّسْبَةِ لأَرْكَانِ الْعَالَمِ، فَلِمَاذَا، كَمَا لَوْ كُنْتُمْ عَائِشِينَ فِي الْعَالَمِ، تُخْضِعُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لِفَرَائِضَ مِثْلِ هذِهِ:

MGNTMGNT (read chapter in MGNT)

εἰ ἀπεθάνετε σὺν Χριστῷ ἀπὸ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ κόσμου τί ὡς ζῶντες ἐν κόσμῳ δογματίζεσθε

TRTR (read chapter in TR)

Εἰ οὖν ἀπεθάνετε σὺν τῷ Χριστῷ ἀπὸ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ κόσμου τί ὡς ζῶντες ἐν κόσμῳ δογματίζεσθε

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

إِذًا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ قَدْ مُتُّمْ مَعَ الْمَسِيحِ عَنْ أَرْكَانِ الْعَالَمِ، فَلِمَاذَا كَأَنَّكُمْ عَائِشُونَ فِي الْعَالَمِ؟ تُفْرَضُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَرَائِضُ:

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Pues si sois muertos con Cristo cuanto á los rudimentos del mundo, ¿por qué como si vivieseis al mundo, os sometéis á ordenanzas,

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Pues si habéis muerto con Cristo en cuanto a los rudimentos del mundo, ¿por qué, como si vivieseis en el mundo, os sometéis a preceptos

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

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

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

你們若是與基督同死、脫離了世上的小學、為甚麼仍像在世俗中活著、服從那不可拿、不可嘗、不可摸、等類的規條呢。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Siendo que vuestra muerte con Cristo os separó de los principios elementales del mundo, ¿por qué, como si aún vivieseis en el mundo, os sometéis a ordenanzas como:

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

너희가 세상의 초등 학문에서 그리스도와 함께 죽었거든 어찌하여 세상에 사는 것과 같이 의문에 순종하느냐

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Si vous êtes morts avec Christ aux rudiments du monde, pourquoi, comme si vous viviez dans le monde, vous impose-t-on ces préceptes:

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

So ihr denn nun abgestorben seid mit Christo den Satzungen der Welt, was lasset ihr euch denn fangen mit Satzungen, als lebtet ihr noch in der Welt?

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Итак, если вы со Христом умерли для стихий мира, то для чего вы, как живущие в мире, держитесь постановлений:

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Pues si sois muertos con el Cristo a los elementos del mundo, ¿por qué como si vivieseis al mundo, decretáis ritos:

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