Colossians 2:21

Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

In Context

20If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why do ye submit to rules, as though living in the world?

22(which are all things for consumption by use), according to the commandments and teachings of men?

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Cross References

Genesis 3:3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it, nor shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you

Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:17-23

The Glory of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment… Read the whole commentary →

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