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# If you died together with Christ to the elements of the world
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With this metaphor, Paul speaks of a believer as a person who is spiritually united with Christ: as Christ died, so the believer has spiritually died; as Christ has come back to life, so the believer has come back to spiritual life, that is, to responsiveness to God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# why do you live as obligated to the world: "Do ... touch"?
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Paul used this question to rebuke the Colossians for following the false beliefs of the world. AT: "stop submitting to the world's beliefs! Stop believing them when they say, 'Do ... touch'!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# live as obligated to the world
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"think you must obey the desires of the world"
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# the world
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the thoughts, desires, and assumptions of the sinful majority of the world's people (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# are destined for corruption
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"perish." Paul uses a metaphor here of a body rotting ("corrupting") in the grave. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# These rules have the wisdom of self-made religion and humility and severity of the body
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"These rules seem wise to unbelieving people because they allow those who follow them to appear humble because they hurt their own bodies"
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# have no value against the indulgence of the flesh
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"do not help you stop following your human desires"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/flesh]] |