Colossians

Colossians 2:20

²⁰If 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:

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	Εἰ	Ei	Conjunction	G1487 if
you have died	ἀπεθάνετε	apethanete	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G599 I am dying, am about to die
with	σὺν	syn	Preposition	G4862 with
Christ	Χριστῷ	Christō	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G5547 anointed, the Messiah, the Christ
to	ἀπὸ	apo	Preposition	G575 from, away from
the	τῶν	tōn	Article - Genitive Neuter Plural	G3588 the
spiritual forces	στοιχείων	stoicheiōn	Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural	G4747 a heavenly body, an element
of the	τοῦ	tou	Article - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3588 the
world	κόσμου	kosmou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2889 the world, universe
why	τί	ti	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G5101 who, which, what
as though	ὡς	hōs	Adverb	G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that
you still belonged	ζῶντες	zōntes	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G2198 I live
to	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
world	κόσμῳ	kosmō	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G2889 the world, universe
do you submit to	δογματίζεσθε	dogmatizesthe	Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural	G1379 I subject to regulations, decree

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Colossians 2:8 · Galatians 4:3 · Colossians 2:14 · Colossians 2:16 · Romans 7:4–6 · 1 John 5:19 · Hebrews 13:9 · Galatians 2:19–20 · 1 Peter 4:1–3 · Galatians 4:9–12 · 2 Corinthians 10:3 · Ephesians 2:15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.