Wherefore, if ye be dead with Christ— Mr. Peirce and some others have considered this as the beginning of a new paragraph, addressed particularly to the Jewish zealots at Colosse; and they plead in support of this opinion, that the subjection to ordinances, which the Apostle here reproves, is inconsistent with the applauses that he had before bestowed on the Colossians. But it seems most natural to suppose that he addresses the society in general, and leaves it to their own consciences to determine which of them deserved the censure. Instead of, Why are ye subject to ordinances, Peirce reads, Why do ye still dogmatize? Τι δογματιζεθε; that is, "require such a compliance as you do, with the injunctions and ritual precepts of the law?"
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Colossians 2:20
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudimentsg of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,