Colossians 2:21

Which say there may be no touching, tasting, or taking in your hands,

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

In Context

20If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders

22(Rules which are all to come to an end with their use) after the orders and teaching of men?

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Cross References

Genesis 3:3But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.

2 Corinthians 6:17For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

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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