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If you died together with Christ to the elements 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)
live as obligated to the world
"think you must obey the desires of the world"
the world
the thoughts, desires, and assumptions of the sinful majority of the world's people (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)