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IfΕἰyou diedἀπεθάνετεwithσὺνthe MessiahΧριστῷtoἀπὸthe elementsτῶν στοιχείωνof the world,τοῦ κόσμουwhy,τίas ifὡςlivingζῶντεςinἐνthe world,κόσμῳdo you submit to decrees,δογματίζεσθε
Colossians 2:20
Study it in the app“If you died with the Messiah to the elements of the world, why, as if living in the world, do you submit to decrees,”
With the Greek beneath
Colossians 2:20, word by word
- you diedἀπεθάνετεapethanete
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apethanete” appears- withσὺνsyn
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appears- the MessiahΧριστῷChristōi
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christōi” appears- the elementsστοιχείωνstoicheiōn
basic principles
The first basics of a teaching; the world's enslaving powers.
Where else “stoicheiōn” appears- of the worldκόσμουkosmou
world of people
People everywhere, whom God loves.
Where else “kosmou” appears- livingζῶντεςzōntes
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōntes” appears- do you submit to decreesδογματίζεσθεdogmatizesthe
submit to rules
Submit to rules, let rules be imposed on oneself.
Where else “dogmatizesthe” appears
The context
19and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, supplied and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with the growth of God.
20 · This verse (above)
21“Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch”