NET

20 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?

Darby

20 If ye have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why as [if] alive in [the] world do ye subject yourselves to ordinances?

KJV

20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments^K7073of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

KJV Bible Notes

rudiments: Or, elements.

Strong's

20 Wherefore ^G3767 if^G1487 ye be dead^G599 with^G4862 Christ^G5547 from^G575 the rudiments^G4747 of the world^G2889, why^G5101, as though^G5613 living^G2198 in^G1722 the world^G2889, are ye subject to ordinances^G1379,