Colossians 2:21-23

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²¹ ‘Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch’? ²² All these regulations refer to things that perish with use; they are simply human commands and teachings. ²³ These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-imposed piety, humility, and severe treatment of the body, but they are of no value in checking self-indulgence.^[a]