Colossians 2:21

Touch not, taste not, handle not,

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

In Context

20If along with Christ you are dead from the elements of the world, why are you dogmatized as living in the world,

22those things which are all unto destruction by use according to the commandments and teachings of the people?

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore come out from the midst of them, and be ye separate, says the Lord, and touch not the 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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