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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 2:20Greek Interlinear

Greek · Colossians 2:2015 words
GreekMeaning
ΕἰEi
IfwordG1487
ἀπεθάνετεapethanete
you have diedverbG599
σὺνsyn
withprepositionG4862
ΧριστῷChristō
ChristnounG5547
ἀπὸapo
away fromprepositionG575
τῶνtōn
thearticleG3588
στοιχείωνstoicheiōn
principlesnounG4747
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
κόσμουkosmou
worldnounG2889
τίti
a (kind of), any (man, thingpronounG5100
ὡςhōs
as ifwordG5613
ζῶντεςzōntes
livingverbG2198
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
κόσμῳkosmō
the worldnounG2889
δογματίζεσθεdogmatizesthe
thereforeverbG3767
Greek 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?

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 7 on Colossians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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