Colossians 2:20

New English Translation

If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

Cross References

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

2 Corinthians 10:3

For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,

Galatians 4:3

So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces of the world.

Galatians 6:14

But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Ephesians 2:15

when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace,

Colossians 2:14

He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.

Colossians 2:16

Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days –

Colossians 2:21

“Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”

Colossians 2:8

Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

Colossians 3:3

for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.

James 4:4

Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.