Col 2:20. Εἰ, if) The inference, begun at Col 2:16, is continued; and at ch. Col 3:1, a new inference follows.-ἀπεθάνετε ἀπὸ, ye are dead from) An abbreviated expression, i.e. dead, and so set free from the elements, etc.-ἀπὸ τῶν στοιχείων, from the elements) Col 2:8.-δογματίζεσθε) in the Middle voice, you receive (take up) dogmas, ordinances.