Verse Comparison: Colossians 2:20
American Standard Version
If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
Amplified® Bible
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]
Contemporary English Version
You died with Christ. Now the forces of the universe don't have any power over you. Why do you live as if you had to obey such rules as,
Darby English Version
If ye have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why as [if] alive in [the] world do ye subject yourselves to ordinances?
Good News Bible
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
International Standard Version
If you have died with Christ to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world?
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,
New American Standard Bible
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,
New International Version
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:
New King James Version
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—
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you lived in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as,
Young's Literal Translation
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?