Colossians 2:21

Do not touch; do not taste; do not handle?

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(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

In Context

20Therefore, if you are dead with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as though still living in the world, do you submit to such ordinances as,

22These all refer to things which perish with use; and are based on the commandments and doctrines of men.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing; and I will welcome 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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