Colossians 2:22

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21But, touch thou not, and taste thou not, and handle thou not:

23And they seem to have a kind of wisdom, in a show of humility, and of the fear of God, and of not sparing the body; not in any thing of excellence, but in things subservient to the body.

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Cross References

Mark 7:7And in vain do they give me reverence, while teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.

John 6:27Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that abideth unto life eternal, which the Son of man will give to you; for him hath God the Father sealed.

Titus 1:14and may not throw themselves into Jewish fables, and into the precepts of men who hate 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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