Colossians 2:20

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,

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

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, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?

If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations: