Colossians 2:21

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

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(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

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20Wherefore if all of you be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are all of you subject to ordinances,

22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

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Cross References

Genesis 3:3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, All of you shall not eat of it, neither shall all of you touch it, lest all of you die.

2 Corinthians 6:17Wherefore come out from among them, and be all of you separate, says the Lord, and touch not 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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