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20 (A)If you have died with Christ [a]to the (B)elementary principles of the world, (C)why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to (D)decrees: 21 “Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch”? 22 Which [b]deal with everything (E)destined to perish [c]with use, which are in accordance with the (F)commands and teachings of men; 23 which are matters having, to be sure, a [d]word of wisdom in [e](G)self-made religion and self-abasement and (H)severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against (I)fleshly indulgence.

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  1. Colossians 2:20 Lit from
  2. Colossians 2:22 Lit are
  3. Colossians 2:22 Or by being consumed
  4. Colossians 2:23 Or message
  5. Colossians 2:23 Or would-be religion

20 If with Christ (A)you died to the (B)elemental spirits of the world, (C)why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 (D)“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 ((E)referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to (F)human precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in (G)promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are (H)of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

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