Colossians 2:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“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 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Colossians 2:2015 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Colossians 2:20
“If you died with Christ.” He puts that in the middle, and on either side, expressions of greater vehemence. “If you died with Christ from the elements of the world,” he says, “why as though living in the world do ye subject yourselves to ordinances?” This is not the consequence, for what ought to have been said is, “how as though living are you subject to those elements?” But letting this pass, what says he?
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