Colossians 2:21

But, touch thou not, and taste thou not, and handle thou not:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

In Context

20For if ye are dead with the Messiah from the rudiments of the world, why are ye judged as if ye were living in the world?

22for these things perish in the using; and they are the commandments and doctrines of men.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:17Wherefore, come ye out from among them, and be ye separate from them, saith the Lord; and come not near 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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