Colossians 2:20 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: [NIV]
Colossians 2:20 If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances? [YLT]
Colossians 2:20 [a] {Wherefore} [b] if [b] ye be dead [d] with [e] Christ [f] from [g] the [h] rudiments [g] of the [i] world, [j] why, [k] as though [l] living [m] in {the} [i] world, [n] are ye subject to ordinances,
[a ] Wherefore [TR] = oun (oon) [3767]: (adv.) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly:
[b] if = ei (i) [1487]; conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.:
[c] ye be dead = apothnesko (ap-oth-nace'-ko) [599; 575; 2348]: to die off:
[d] with = sun (soon) [4862; 2095]: union; with or together, i.e. by assn., companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.:
[e] Christ = Christos (khris-tos') [5547; 5548]: anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. FROM chrio (khree'-o) [5548; 5530]: to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by imp.) to consecrate to an office or religious service. {FROM} 5530 chraomai (khrah'-om-ahee); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" [touch slightly], light upon, etc), i.e. (by imp.) to enploy or (by ext..) to act towards one in a given manner [DEF: Epithet = Descriptive expression; Expressing some quality or attribute]
[f] from = apo (ap-ar-khay') [575; 2644]: "off", i.e. away (from something near), (of place, time or relation).
[g] the, of the = tou (tou) [3588; 3739]: the feminine he (hay); neuter to (to); def. article; the
[h] rudiments = stoicheion (stoy-khi'-on) [4747; 4748]; something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by imp.) a serial (basal [DEF: Basal = Arising from or going to the root or source], fundamental [DEF: Fundamental = A broad and basic rule or truth], initial [DEF: Initial = Preceding all others in time]) constituent [DEF: Constituent = One of the individual entities contributing to the whole] (lit.), proposition [DEF: Proposition = Something that is put forward for consideration] (fig.): FROM stoicheo (stoy-kheh'-o) [4747; 4748]: (to range in regular line); to march in (military) rank (keep step), i.e. (fig.) to conform to virtue and piety:
[i] world, = kosmos (kos'-mos) [2889; 2865]: orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by imp. the world (in a wide or narrow sense, includ. its inhab.
[j] why = tis (tis) [5101; 5100]: who, which or what:
[k] as though = hos (hoce) [5613; 2598; 3739]: which how, i.e. in that manner:
[l] living = zao (dzah'-o) [2198]: to live
[m] in = (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by imp.) instrumentality [DEF: Instrumentality =The quality or condition of being instrumental; helpfulness; means; agency (Instrumental = Acting or serving as a means, useful; helpful)] (medially or constructively), i.e. "in," at, (up-) on, by, etc.:
[n] are ye subject to ordinances = dogmatizo (dog-mat-id'-zo) [1379; 1378]: to prescribe by statute, i.e. (reflexively) to submit to ceremonially rule: