So then, if you have died with Christ to the influences of this world, why do you still make decisions as if you were living in the world
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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, 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--New International Version
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: