Colossians 2:20 meaning and explanation
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:
Colossians 2:20, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul writes to the Colossian believers, a church he had not visited, and draws out the meaning of their baptism into Christ. Since they have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, it makes no sense to keep submitting to its regulations as though those forces still owned them.
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