Colossians 2:20 — Bible Verse (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,”
Colossians 2:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Colossians 2:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Colossians 2:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,”
Colossians 2:20 — World English Bible
Colossians 2:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 — American Standard Version
Colossians 2:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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?”
Colossians 2:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Colossians 2:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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 — Darby Translation
Colossians 2:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the ordinances of the world, why, as though ye liued in ye world, are ye burdened with traditions?”
Colossians 2:20 — Geneva Bible
Colossians 2:20 in Context — Colossians 2
18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
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,
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
What Does Colossians 2:20 Mean?
Colossians 2:20 is a verse from the Book of Colossians, part of the New Testament. It appears in Colossians chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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