Colossians 2:20 You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as,

2:20 NLT

Parallel Verses

New Living Translation - You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as,
新标点和合本 - 你们若是与基督同死，脱离了世上的小学，为什么仍像在世俗中活着、服从那“不可拿、不可尝、不可摸”等类的规条呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 既然你们与基督同死而脱离了世上粗浅的学说，为什么仍像生活在世俗中一样，去服从那“不可拿、不可尝、不可摸”等类的规条呢？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 既然你们与基督同死而脱离了世上粗浅的学说，为什么仍像生活在世俗中一样，去服从那“不可拿、不可尝、不可摸”等类的规条呢？
当代译本 - 你们既然和基督一同死了，摆脱了世界的基本规条，为什么仍像活在世俗中，
圣经新译本 - 你们若与基督一同死了，脱离了世俗的言论，为什么仍然好像活在世俗中一样，拘守那“不可摸、不可尝、不可触”的规条呢？
中文标准译本 - 你们如果已经和基督一同死了，脱离了世界的原则，为什么还像活在这世俗中一样，拘守那些
现代标点和合本 - 你们若是与基督同死，脱离了世上的小学，为什么仍像在世俗中活着，服从那“不可拿、不可尝、不可摸”等类的规条呢？
和合本（拼音版） - 你们若是与基督同死，脱离了世上的小学，为什么仍像在世俗中活着，服从那“不可拿、不可尝、不可摸”等类的规条呢？
New International Version - Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:
New International Reader's Version - Some people still follow the basic spiritual powers of the world. But you died with Christ as far as these powers are concerned. So why do you act as if you still belong to the world? Here are the rules you follow.
English Standard Version - If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations—
The Message - So, then, if with Christ you’ve put all that puffed-up and childish religion behind you, why do you let yourselves be bullied by it? “Don’t touch this! Don’t taste that! Don’t go near this!” Do you think things that are here today and gone tomorrow are worth that kind of attention? Such things sound impressive if said in a deep enough voice. They even give the illusion of being pious and humble and austere. But they’re just another way of showing off, making yourselves look important.
Christian Standard Bible - If you died with Christ to the elements of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:
New American Standard Bible - If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as,
New King James Version - Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations—
Amplified Bible - If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were still living in the world, do you submit to rules and regulations, such as,
American Standard Version - If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
King James Version - 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,
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?
World English Bible - If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
新標點和合本 - 你們若是與基督同死，脫離了世上的小學，為甚麼仍像在世俗中活着、服從那「不可拿、不可嘗、不可摸」等類的規條呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 既然你們與基督同死而脫離了世上粗淺的學說，為甚麼仍像生活在世俗中一樣，去服從那「不可拿、不可嘗、不可摸」等類的規條呢？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 既然你們與基督同死而脫離了世上粗淺的學說，為甚麼仍像生活在世俗中一樣，去服從那「不可拿、不可嘗、不可摸」等類的規條呢？
當代譯本 - 你們既然和基督一同死了，擺脫了世界的基本規條，為什麼仍像活在世俗中，
聖經新譯本 - 你們若與基督一同死了，脫離了世俗的言論，為甚麼仍然好像活在世俗中一樣，拘守那“不可摸、不可嘗、不可觸”的規條呢？
呂振中譯本 - 你們既和基督一同死了，脫離了世界所信的星質之靈，為甚麼還在世俗中活着，而去服從那
中文標準譯本 - 你們如果已經和基督一同死了，脫離了世界的原則，為什麼還像活在這世俗中一樣，拘守那些
現代標點和合本 - 你們若是與基督同死，脫離了世上的小學，為什麼仍像在世俗中活著，服從那「不可拿、不可嘗、不可摸」等類的規條呢？
文理和合譯本 - 爾既與基督同死、以絕世之小學、胡為從乎世、服於儀文乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾效基督之死、脫此世小學、奚可從世故、尚儀文乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 若爾與基督同死、脫斯世之賤質、何仍遵儀文、似猶活於世俗中、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 爾等既與基督同死、而已灑然脫於世俗之蒙學矣、乃何又鰓鰓遵循人為之禁令、一若尚生於世俗之中耶？
Nueva Versión Internacional - Si con Cristo ustedes ya han muerto a los principios de este mundo, ¿por qué, como si todavía pertenecieran al mundo, se someten a preceptos tales como:
현대인의 성경 - 여러분이 이 세상의 초보적 원리에 대해서 그리스도와 함께 죽었다면 어째서 세상에 속한 사람들처럼 “손대지 말아라! 맛보지 말아라! 만지지 말아라!” 는 율법적 규정에 복종합니까?
Новый Русский Перевод - Если вы умерли со Христом для законов этого мира, то почему же вы по-прежнему живете как люди этого мира, подчиняясь таким земным правилам, как:
Восточный перевод - Если вы умерли с Масихом для духовных сил этого мира, то почему же вы по-прежнему живёте как люди, принадлежащие этому миру, подчиняясь таким земным правилам, как:
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Если вы умерли с аль-Масихом для духовных сил этого мира, то почему же вы по-прежнему живёте как люди, принадлежащие этому миру, подчиняясь таким земным правилам, как:
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Если вы умерли с Масехом для духовных сил этого мира, то почему же вы по-прежнему живёте как люди, принадлежащие этому миру, подчиняясь таким земным правилам, как:
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Vous êtes morts avec Christ à tous ces principes élémentaires qui régissent la vie des gens de ce monde. Pourquoi alors, comme si votre vie appartenait encore à ce monde, vous laissez-vous imposer des règles du genre :
リビングバイブル - キリストと共に死んだあなたがたは、この世の教えから解放されたのです。それならなぜ、「あれは食べるな、なめるな、さわってもいけない」などという規則に縛られ、この世の考えに従う生活を続けているのですか。
Nestle Aland 28 - Εἰ ἀπεθάνετε σὺν Χριστῷ ἀπὸ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ κόσμου, τί ὡς ζῶντες ἐν κόσμῳ δογματίζεσθε;
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἰ ἀπεθάνετε σὺν Χριστῷ ἀπὸ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ κόσμου, τί ὡς ζῶντες ἐν κόσμῳ δογματίζεσθε:
Nova Versão Internacional - Já que vocês morreram com Cristo para os princípios elementares deste mundo, por que, como se ainda pertencessem a ele, vocês se submetem a regras:
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn ihr nun mit Christus gestorben seid, dann seid ihr auch von den Mächten und Zwängen dieser Welt befreit. Weshalb unterwerft ihr euch dann von neuem ihren Forderungen und lebt so, als wäre diese Welt für euch maßgebend?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Anh chị em đã cùng chết với Chúa Cứu Thế, được giải thoát khỏi những quan niệm lầm lạc của thế gian, sao còn tuân theo các nguyên tắc kiêng cữ như:
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ในเมื่อท่านตายกับพระคริสต์ พ้นจากหลักการพื้นฐานต่างๆ ของโลกนี้ ทำไมยังยอมอยู่ใต้กฎต่างๆ ราวกับว่าท่านยังเป็นของโลก
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถ้าท่านได้ตายจากการบังคับของอำนาจแห่งวัตถุท้องฟ้าด้วยกันกับพระคริสต์แล้ว ทำไมท่านจึงยอมอยู่ใต้อำนาจกฎต่างๆ ของมัน ราวกับว่าท่านยังใช้ชีวิตทางโลกอีก

Cross Reference

Colossians 3:3 - For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.
John 15:19 - The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.
Romans 6:2 - Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
Romans 6:3 - Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death?
Romans 6:4 - For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.
Romans 6:5 - Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was.
Romans 6:6 - We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.
Romans 6:7 - For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.
Romans 6:8 - And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him.
Romans 6:9 - We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him.
Romans 6:10 - When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God.
Romans 6:11 - So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.
James 4:4 - You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
Ephesians 2:15 - He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups.
Galatians 6:14 - As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died.
2 Corinthians 10:3 - We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do.
Galatians 4:9 - So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?
Galatians 4:10 - You are trying to earn favor with God by observing certain days or months or seasons or years.
Galatians 4:11 - I fear for you. Perhaps all my hard work with you was for nothing.
Galatians 4:12 - Dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to live as I do in freedom from these things, for I have become like you Gentiles—free from those laws. You did not mistreat me when I first preached to you.
John 17:14 - I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
John 17:15 - I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.
John 17:16 - They do not belong to this world any more than I do.
Romans 7:4 - So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point: You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ. And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God.
Romans 7:5 - When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death.
Romans 7:6 - But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.
Hebrews 13:9 - So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your strength comes from God’s grace, not from rules about food, which don’t help those who follow them.
Galatians 2:19 - For when I tried to keep the law, it condemned me. So I died to the law—I stopped trying to meet all its requirements—so that I might live for God.
Galatians 2:20 - My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
1 John 5:19 - We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.
Colossians 2:14 - He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.
1 Peter 4:1 - So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin.
1 Peter 4:2 - You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.
1 Peter 4:3 - You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy—their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
Colossians 2:16 - So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths.
Colossians 2:8 - Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.
Galatians 4:3 - And that’s the way it was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic spiritual principles of this world.

Parallel Verses

Cross Reference

New Living Translation - You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as,
新标点和合本 - 你们若是与基督同死，脱离了世上的小学，为什么仍像在世俗中活着、服从那“不可拿、不可尝、不可摸”等类的规条呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 既然你们与基督同死而脱离了世上粗浅的学说，为什么仍像生活在世俗中一样，去服从那“不可拿、不可尝、不可摸”等类的规条呢？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 既然你们与基督同死而脱离了世上粗浅的学说，为什么仍像生活在世俗中一样，去服从那“不可拿、不可尝、不可摸”等类的规条呢？
当代译本 - 你们既然和基督一同死了，摆脱了世界的基本规条，为什么仍像活在世俗中，
圣经新译本 - 你们若与基督一同死了，脱离了世俗的言论，为什么仍然好像活在世俗中一样，拘守那“不可摸、不可尝、不可触”的规条呢？
中文标准译本 - 你们如果已经和基督一同死了，脱离了世界的原则，为什么还像活在这世俗中一样，拘守那些
现代标点和合本 - 你们若是与基督同死，脱离了世上的小学，为什么仍像在世俗中活着，服从那“不可拿、不可尝、不可摸”等类的规条呢？
和合本（拼音版） - 你们若是与基督同死，脱离了世上的小学，为什么仍像在世俗中活着，服从那“不可拿、不可尝、不可摸”等类的规条呢？
New International Version - Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:
New International Reader's Version - Some people still follow the basic spiritual powers of the world. But you died with Christ as far as these powers are concerned. So why do you act as if you still belong to the world? Here are the rules you follow.
English Standard Version - If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations—
The Message - So, then, if with Christ you’ve put all that puffed-up and childish religion behind you, why do you let yourselves be bullied by it? “Don’t touch this! Don’t taste that! Don’t go near this!” Do you think things that are here today and gone tomorrow are worth that kind of attention? Such things sound impressive if said in a deep enough voice. They even give the illusion of being pious and humble and austere. But they’re just another way of showing off, making yourselves look important.
Christian Standard Bible - If you died with Christ to the elements of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:
New American Standard Bible - If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as,
New King James Version - Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations—
Amplified Bible - If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were still living in the world, do you submit to rules and regulations, such as,
American Standard Version - If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
King James Version - 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,
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?
World English Bible - If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
新標點和合本 - 你們若是與基督同死，脫離了世上的小學，為甚麼仍像在世俗中活着、服從那「不可拿、不可嘗、不可摸」等類的規條呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 既然你們與基督同死而脫離了世上粗淺的學說，為甚麼仍像生活在世俗中一樣，去服從那「不可拿、不可嘗、不可摸」等類的規條呢？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 既然你們與基督同死而脫離了世上粗淺的學說，為甚麼仍像生活在世俗中一樣，去服從那「不可拿、不可嘗、不可摸」等類的規條呢？
當代譯本 - 你們既然和基督一同死了，擺脫了世界的基本規條，為什麼仍像活在世俗中，
聖經新譯本 - 你們若與基督一同死了，脫離了世俗的言論，為甚麼仍然好像活在世俗中一樣，拘守那“不可摸、不可嘗、不可觸”的規條呢？
呂振中譯本 - 你們既和基督一同死了，脫離了世界所信的星質之靈，為甚麼還在世俗中活着，而去服從那
中文標準譯本 - 你們如果已經和基督一同死了，脫離了世界的原則，為什麼還像活在這世俗中一樣，拘守那些
現代標點和合本 - 你們若是與基督同死，脫離了世上的小學，為什麼仍像在世俗中活著，服從那「不可拿、不可嘗、不可摸」等類的規條呢？
文理和合譯本 - 爾既與基督同死、以絕世之小學、胡為從乎世、服於儀文乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾效基督之死、脫此世小學、奚可從世故、尚儀文乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 若爾與基督同死、脫斯世之賤質、何仍遵儀文、似猶活於世俗中、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 爾等既與基督同死、而已灑然脫於世俗之蒙學矣、乃何又鰓鰓遵循人為之禁令、一若尚生於世俗之中耶？
Nueva Versión Internacional - Si con Cristo ustedes ya han muerto a los principios de este mundo, ¿por qué, como si todavía pertenecieran al mundo, se someten a preceptos tales como:
현대인의 성경 - 여러분이 이 세상의 초보적 원리에 대해서 그리스도와 함께 죽었다면 어째서 세상에 속한 사람들처럼 “손대지 말아라! 맛보지 말아라! 만지지 말아라!” 는 율법적 규정에 복종합니까?
Новый Русский Перевод - Если вы умерли со Христом для законов этого мира, то почему же вы по-прежнему живете как люди этого мира, подчиняясь таким земным правилам, как:
Восточный перевод - Если вы умерли с Масихом для духовных сил этого мира, то почему же вы по-прежнему живёте как люди, принадлежащие этому миру, подчиняясь таким земным правилам, как:
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Если вы умерли с аль-Масихом для духовных сил этого мира, то почему же вы по-прежнему живёте как люди, принадлежащие этому миру, подчиняясь таким земным правилам, как:
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Если вы умерли с Масехом для духовных сил этого мира, то почему же вы по-прежнему живёте как люди, принадлежащие этому миру, подчиняясь таким земным правилам, как:
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Vous êtes morts avec Christ à tous ces principes élémentaires qui régissent la vie des gens de ce monde. Pourquoi alors, comme si votre vie appartenait encore à ce monde, vous laissez-vous imposer des règles du genre :
リビングバイブル - キリストと共に死んだあなたがたは、この世の教えから解放されたのです。それならなぜ、「あれは食べるな、なめるな、さわってもいけない」などという規則に縛られ、この世の考えに従う生活を続けているのですか。
Nestle Aland 28 - Εἰ ἀπεθάνετε σὺν Χριστῷ ἀπὸ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ κόσμου, τί ὡς ζῶντες ἐν κόσμῳ δογματίζεσθε;
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἰ ἀπεθάνετε σὺν Χριστῷ ἀπὸ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ κόσμου, τί ὡς ζῶντες ἐν κόσμῳ δογματίζεσθε:
Nova Versão Internacional - Já que vocês morreram com Cristo para os princípios elementares deste mundo, por que, como se ainda pertencessem a ele, vocês se submetem a regras:
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn ihr nun mit Christus gestorben seid, dann seid ihr auch von den Mächten und Zwängen dieser Welt befreit. Weshalb unterwerft ihr euch dann von neuem ihren Forderungen und lebt so, als wäre diese Welt für euch maßgebend?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Anh chị em đã cùng chết với Chúa Cứu Thế, được giải thoát khỏi những quan niệm lầm lạc của thế gian, sao còn tuân theo các nguyên tắc kiêng cữ như:
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ในเมื่อท่านตายกับพระคริสต์ พ้นจากหลักการพื้นฐานต่างๆ ของโลกนี้ ทำไมยังยอมอยู่ใต้กฎต่างๆ ราวกับว่าท่านยังเป็นของโลก
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถ้าท่านได้ตายจากการบังคับของอำนาจแห่งวัตถุท้องฟ้าด้วยกันกับพระคริสต์แล้ว ทำไมท่านจึงยอมอยู่ใต้อำนาจกฎต่างๆ ของมัน ราวกับว่าท่านยังใช้ชีวิตทางโลกอีก

Colossians 3:3 - For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.
John 15:19 - The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.
Romans 6:2 - Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
Romans 6:3 - Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death?
Romans 6:4 - For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.
Romans 6:5 - Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was.
Romans 6:6 - We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.
Romans 6:7 - For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.
Romans 6:8 - And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him.
Romans 6:9 - We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him.
Romans 6:10 - When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God.
Romans 6:11 - So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.
James 4:4 - You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
Ephesians 2:15 - He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups.
Galatians 6:14 - As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died.
2 Corinthians 10:3 - We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do.
Galatians 4:9 - So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?
Galatians 4:10 - You are trying to earn favor with God by observing certain days or months or seasons or years.
Galatians 4:11 - I fear for you. Perhaps all my hard work with you was for nothing.
Galatians 4:12 - Dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to live as I do in freedom from these things, for I have become like you Gentiles—free from those laws. You did not mistreat me when I first preached to you.
John 17:14 - I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
John 17:15 - I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.
John 17:16 - They do not belong to this world any more than I do.
Romans 7:4 - So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point: You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ. And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God.
Romans 7:5 - When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death.
Romans 7:6 - But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.
Hebrews 13:9 - So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your strength comes from God’s grace, not from rules about food, which don’t help those who follow them.
Galatians 2:19 - For when I tried to keep the law, it condemned me. So I died to the law—I stopped trying to meet all its requirements—so that I might live for God.
Galatians 2:20 - My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
1 John 5:19 - We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.
Colossians 2:14 - He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.
1 Peter 4:1 - So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin.
1 Peter 4:2 - You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.
1 Peter 4:3 - You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy—their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
Colossians 2:16 - So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths.
Colossians 2:8 - Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.
Galatians 4:3 - And that’s the way it was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic spiritual principles of this world.