Colossians 2:21

Things like: don't handle that, don't taste that, don't touch that!

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In The King James Version

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

In Context

20If you died with Christ to the religious demands that this world insists upon, why would you make yourself subject to such demands as if you were still part of this world?

22These commands refer to things that don't last since they're used up, and they're based on man-made requirements and teachings.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:3God told us, ‘You mustn't eat from that tree, or even touch it, otherwise you'll die.’”

2 Corinthians 6:17“So leave them, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don't touch anything that is unclean, and I will accept 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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