Col 2:20 | MHM | STEP | v. 20 : Paul continues, 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? (Colossians 2:20 ). If you have died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why would you go back to obeying human rules? Christians have been set free from the old way of living under external regulations. Paul is surprised that they would want to return to these rules.

‏ Colossians 2:20

v. 20: Paul continues, 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? (Colossians 2:20 ^a). If you have died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why would you go back to obeying human rules? Christians have been set free from the old way of living under external regulations. Paul is surprised that they would want to return to these rules.