Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

¹⁶ Therefore, no one is to ^(A)judge you in ^(B)food and ^(C)drink, or in respect to a ^(D)festival or a ^(E)new moon or a ^(F)Sabbath ^[a]day— ¹⁷ things which are only a ^(G)shadow of what is to come; but the ^[b]substance ^[c]belongs to Christ. ¹⁸ Let no one keep ^[d](H)defrauding you of your prize by ^(I)delighting in ^[e]self-abasement and the worship of the angels, going into detail about visions he has seen, ^(J)being puffed up for nothing by his ^(K)fleshly mind, ¹⁹ and not holding fast to ^(L)the head, from whom ^(M)the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ^[f]ligaments, grows with a growth ^[g]that is from God.

^20 (N)If you have died with Christ ^[h]to the ^(O)elementary principles of the world, ^(P)why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to ^(Q)decrees: ²¹ “Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch”? ²² Which ^[i]deal with everything ^(R)destined to perish ^[j]with use, which are in accordance with the ^(S)commands and teachings of men; ²³ which are matters having, to be sure, a ^[k]word of wisdom in ^[l](T)self-made religion and self-abasement and ^(U)severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against ^(V)fleshly indulgence.