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 Nadie os prive de vuestro premio, afectando humildad y culto á los ángeles, metiéndose en lo que no ha visto, vanamente hinchado en el sentido de su propia carne,

19 Y no teniendo la cabeza, de la cual todo el cuerpo, alimentado y conjunto por las ligaduras y conjunturas, crece en aumento de Dios.

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

21 [Tales como], No manejes, ni gustes, ni aun toques,

22 (Las cuales cosas son todas para destrucción en el uso [mismo]), en conformidad á mandamientos y doctrinas de hombres?

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What Does Colossians 2:20 Mean?

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