Colossians 2:21

That ye touch not, neither taste, neither treat with hands those things,

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In The King James Version

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

In Context

20For if ye be dead with Christ from the elements of the world, what yet as men living to the world deem ye? (For if ye be with the Messiah, and so dead to the elements of the world, then why do ye judge like men still living in the world?)

22which all be into death by that use, after the commandments and teachings of men;

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Cross References

Genesis 3:3soothly God commanded to us, that we should not eat of the fruit of the tree, which is in the midst of paradise (or which is in the middle of the garden), and that we should not touch it, lest peradventure we die.

2 Corinthians 6:17For which thing go ye out of the middle of them, and be ye separated (or be set apart), saith the Lord, and touch not (any) unclean thing; and I shall 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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