Colossians 2:22
Such regulations are based on the commandments and doctrines of men, and apply to things that will all decay with use.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
In Context
21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch”?
Cross References
Mark 7:7They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”
Titus 1:14not paying any attention to Jewish myths or the commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
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 →