Colossians 2:22

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

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

In Context

21Touch not, taste not, handle not,

23Which indeed are having a word of wisdom in will worship, and humiliation, and austerity of the body; not in any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

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Cross References

Mark 7:7In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

John 6:27Labor not for the food that perishes, but the food that abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man gives to you: for this God the Father hath sealed.

Titus 1:14not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men turning 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 →

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