Colossians 2:21

Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle these things,

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(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

In Context

20So then, if you have died with Christ to the influences of this world, why do you still make decisions as if you were living in the world?

22which all lead to destruction by their very use, in accord with the precepts and doctrines of men.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:3Yet truly, from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of Paradise, God has instructed us that we should not eat, and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we may die.”

2 Corinthians 6:17Because of this, you must depart from their midst and be separate, says the Lord. And do not touch what is unclean.

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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