Colossians 2:20

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why do ye submit to rules, as though living in the world?

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In The King James Version

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,

In Context

19and not holding to the head, from whom all the body, being supplied and held together through the connections and bonds, develops its growth from God.

21Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch

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Cross References

John 15:19If ye were of the world, the world would love its own, but because ye are not of the world (instead I chose you out of the world), because of this the world hates you.

Romans 6:2May it not happen! How will we who died to sin, still live in it?

2 Corinthians 10:3For though walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.

Galatians 4:3And so when we were children, we were in bondage under the rudiments of the world.

Galatians 6:14But may it not be from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Colossians 2:8Take heed lest there will be any man taking you captive through the love of wisdom and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ.

Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:17-23

The Glory of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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