Colossians 2:20–22
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20Wherefore kif ye be dead with Christ from the ||rudiments of the world, lwhy, as though living in the world, are ye msubject to ordinances, 21n(Touch not; otaste not; handle not; 22pWhich all are qto perish with the using;) after rthe commandments and rdoctrines of men?
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- kSee Rom. 6:2. So ch. 3:3.
- ||Or, elements. See ver. 8.
- lSo Gal. 4:9.
- m2 Macc. 10:8. & 15:36. So ver. 14.
- n1 Cor. 7:1. Comp. 1 Tim. 4:3.
- oSee ver. 16.
- pComp. Matt. 15:17.
- qSee 1 Cor. 15:42.
- rSee Matt. 15:9. So ver. 8.
- rSee Matt. 15:9. So ver. 8.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings?
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
If you died with Christ to the elements of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations: “Don’t handle, don’t taste, don’t touch”? All these regulations refer to what is destined to perish by being used up; they are human commands and doctrines.
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NLTNew Living Translation
You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as, “Don’t handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!”? Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them.
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If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as if living in the world? “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,” which things are all meant for destruction by consuming according to human commandments and teachings,
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