AKJV
KJV
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,
ASV
20. If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
ESV
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-
ERVEN
20. You died with Christ and were made free from the powers that influence this world. So why do you act as if you still belong to the world? I mean, why do you follow rules like these:
NLT
20. 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,
WEB
20. If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
NET
20. 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?
NLV
20. You have died with Christ and become dead to those old ways. Then why do you follow the old ways of worship? Why do you obey man-made rules?
HCSB
20. If you died with Christ to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:
YLT
20. 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?
LITV
20. If, then, you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why are you under its decrees, as living in the world?
RV
20. If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
NCV
20. Since you died with Christ and were made free from the ruling spirits of the world, why do you act as if you still belong to this world by following rules like these:
MKJV
20. If then you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to its ordinances:
LXXEN
KJV
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,
AMP
20. If then you have died with Christ to material ways of looking at things and have escaped from the world's crude and elemental notions and teachings of externalism, why do you live as if you still belong to the world? [Why do you submit to rules and regulations?--such as]
KJVP
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YLT
20. 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?
ASV
20. If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
WEB
20. If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
NASB
20. If you died with Christ to the elemental powers of the world, why do you submit to regulations as if you were still living in the world?
ESV
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-
RV
20. If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
RSV
20. 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,
NKJV
20. Therefore, 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 --
MKJV
20. If then you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to its ordinances:
AKJV
20. Why if you be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances,
NRSV
20. 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,
NIV
20. Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules:
NIRV
20. The people of the world believe certain basic things. You died with Christ as far as things like that are concerned. So why do you act as if you still belong to the world? Here are the rules you follow.
NLT
20. 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,
MSG
20. So, then, if with Christ you've put all that pretentious and infantile religion behind you, why do you let yourselves be bullied by it?
GNB
20. You have died with Christ and are set free from the ruling spirits of the universe. Why, then, do you live as though you belonged to this world? Why do you obey such rules as
NET
20. 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?
ERVEN
20. You died with Christ and were made free from the powers that influence this world. So why do you act as if you still belong to the world? I mean, why do you follow rules like these: