Verse 20
c. Caution against asceticism, Colossians 2:20-23 .
20. Dead with Christ Better, if ye died with him, in your baptism; see on Colossians 2:12. The rudiments of the world, here and in Colossians 2:8, are identical with the handwriting in Colossians 2:14, which was claimed to be still in force. It died with Christ, and you so share in his death that you are removed from its authority.
Why The expostulation is very pertinent. As…
living in the world In things outside of Christ.
Are ye subject Literally, why do ye allow yourselves to be dogmatized to? St. Paul thus shows the arrogance of the attempt to bring them under the old wiped-out system, and rebukes the Colossians for listening to it. While they were in imminent danger, it is not clear that any of them had as yet fallen.
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