Colossians 2:20-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Warnings against False Teachers
20 If with Christ you died to the elemental principles[a] of the world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations,(A) 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.(B) 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.[b]
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Colossians 2:20-23
International Standard Version
The New Life in the Messiah
20 If you have died with the Messiah[a] to the basic principles of the world,[b] why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? 21 “Don’t handle this! Don’t taste or touch that!” 22 All of these things will be destroyed as they are used, because they are based on human commands and teachings. 23 These things have the appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion, humility, and harsh treatment of the body, but they have no value against self-indulgence.
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- Colossians 2:20 Or Christ
- Colossians 2:20 Or the elemental spirits of the universe
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