Colossians 2:21

Touch not, taste not, handle not,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

In Context

20If, then, you have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you submit to ordinances?

22(all of which are for the destruction of those who use them,) according to the commandments and teachings of men;

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:17For this reason, come out from among them, and separate yourselves, says the Lord, and touch not an unclean person, 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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