Colossians 2:21

such as "Do not handle this," "You must not taste that," "Do not touch this" -

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

In Context

20If you died with Christ to the world’s rudimentary notions, why, as if you still lived in the world, do you submit yourselves to dogmatisms found on teachings and doctrines of men -

22all things which are intended to perish in the using?

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, Come out from among them and separate yourselves, saith the Lord, touch not what is unclean;

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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