From aa5c9d6319c5da0871385302e24d6d3dcc07ccb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:40:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] tN 1697 because of ULB 1868 --- col/02/20.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/col/02/20.md b/col/02/20.md index 2fe38ce9fc..882526784c 100644 --- a/col/02/20.md +++ b/col/02/20.md @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@ -# If you died together with Christ to the elements of the world +# If you died together with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world -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]]) +A believer is spiritually united with Christ. As Christ died, the believer has died to the elemntal spirits of the world. This is a metaphor for no longer responding to the elemenatry spirits of the world. The believer is no longer controlled by them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) + +# the elemental spirits of the world + +See how you translated this in [Colossians 2:8](../02/08.md). # live as obligated to the world