Colossians 2:21

to such ordinances as ‘Do not handle, or taste, or touch’?

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In The King James Version

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

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20Since, with Christ, you became dead to the puerile teaching of this world, why do you submit, as if you still belonged to the world,

22For all the things referred to in them cease to exist when used. You are following mere human directions and instructions.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:3it is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God has said, ‘You must not eat from it, nor should you touch it, for if you do, you will die.’”

2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore “Come out from among the nations, and separate yourselves from them,” says the Lord, “And touch nothing impure; and I will welcome 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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