Colossians 2:21

“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch”?

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

In Context

20If then you have died with Christ to the elements of the world, why, as though you were living in the world, do you submit to regulations such as,

22Such regulations are based on the commandments and doctrines of men, and apply to things that will all decay with use.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, 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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