Colossians 2:22

handle not," which all tend to corruption in the using,) according to the commandments and doctrines of men?

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21(such as "touch not, taste not,

23which things indeed have a pretence to wisdom in voluntary worship, and humiliation, and bodily penance, as having no regard to the satisfying of the flesh.

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Cross References

Mark 7:7and in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the injunctions of men.

John 6:27Labour not so much for the meat that perisheth, but rather for that food which endureth unto life eternal, which the Son of man will give you: for Him hath God the Father sealed.

Titus 1:14not attending to Jewish fables, and the precepts of men who turn away from 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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