Colossians 2:20-23

Contemporary English Version

Christ Brings New Life

²⁰ You died with Christ. Now the forces of the universe^[a] don't have any power over you. Why do you live as if you had to obey such rules as, ²¹ “Don't handle this. Don't taste that. Don't touch this.”? ²² After these things are used, they are no longer good for anything. So why be bothered with the rules that humans have made up? ²³ Obeying these rules may seem to be the smart thing to do. They appear to make you love God more and to be very humble and to have control over your body. But they don't really have any power over our desires.