Colossians 2:16 applies the principle — don't let anyone judge you on food or festivals, since you died to such regulations.

Colossians 2:14 specifies that Christ canceled the legal demands, grounding the death to elemental spirits in the cross.

Colossians 3:3 restates the same truth: you died with Christ and your life is hidden with Him. Direct parallel and reinforcement.

Colossians 3:1 builds on the death with Christ in 2:20, directing believers to seek heavenly things — the positive outcome.

Galatians 2:20: 'I have been crucified with Christ' is the explicit statement of the death Colossians 2:20 refers to.

Ephesians 2:15 shows Christ abolishing the law's ordinances, explaining the basis for dying to the world's regulations.

Galatians 6:14: 'the world has been crucified to me' parallels dying to elemental spirits. Both emphasize separation from world.

Galatians 4:9 warns against turning back to weak principles, mirroring Paul’s question about submitting to regulations.

Galatians 4:3 uses the same phrase 'elementary principles' to describe pre-Christ enslavement, showing the shared Pauline concept.

Galatians 2:19: 'I died to the law' mirrors dying to worldly principles. Both describe liberation from law by death with Christ.

Romans 7:4-6 specifically says you died to the law through Christ's body — parallel to dying to elemental spirits in Colossians.

Romans 6:2-11 expounds on dying with Christ to sin through baptism. Same core doctrine of co-crucifixion.

Hebrews 13:9 warns against diverse teachings about foods — the same kind of regulations Paul says Christians died to.

James 4:4 warns that friendship with the world is enmity with God, echoing why believers died to the world.

Matthew 15:2 records the tradition of handwashing — human regulations like those Paul warns against submitting to.

1 Timothy 4:3 describes false teachers forbidding marriage and foods — the very regulations Paul says believers died to.

Hebrews 9:10 identifies food, drink, and washings as temporary regulations — the same kind Paul says Christians died to.

1 Corinthians 8:8 states food doesn't affect our standing with God — supporting the freedom from dietary rules implied in Colossians 2:20.

Leviticus 11:24 describes uncleanness from touching carcasses — the sort of purity regulations Paul says believers are no longer bound by.

1 Peter 4:1-3 urges dying to human passions through Christ's suffering — similar practical outworking of the death Colossians 2:20 describes.

1 John 5:19 declares the whole world lies in evil’s power, underscoring why believers died to its elements.

John 17:14-16 emphasizes believers are not of the world yet remain in it — the same tension behind dying to its elements.

John 15:19 states believers are chosen out of the world, reinforcing that they are no longer part of its system.