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# If you died together with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world
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A believer is spiritually united with Christ. As Christ died, the believer has died to the elemental spirits of the world. The believer is no longer controlled by them.
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# the elemental spirits of the world
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Possible meanings are 1) spiritual powers that some people thought control what happens on earth, or 2) the laws or moral principles of the world.
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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
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