Colossians 2:21

“Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch”?

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In The King James Version

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

In Context

20If you died together with Christ to the elements of the world, why do you live as obligated to the world:

22All these things will perish with use, according to the instructions and teachings of men.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:3but concerning the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God said, 'You may not eat it, nor may you touch it, or you will die.'”

2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, 1 “Come out from among them, 1 and be set apart,” says the Lord. 1 “Touch no unclean thing, 1 and I will welcome you. 1

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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