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If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
If you died with Christ to the elements of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:
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—
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,
If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as,
Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:
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—
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,