Colossians 2:16–23

¹⁶Therefore no one is to ^1aact as your judge in regard to ^bfood or drink or in respect to a ^cfestival or a ^dnew moon or a ^eSabbath ²day—

¹⁷things which are ^aa mere shadow of what is to come; but the ¹substance ²belongs to Christ.

¹⁸Let no one keep ^1adefrauding you of your prize by ^bdelighting in ²self-abasement and the worship of the angels, ³taking his stand on visions he has seen, ^4cinflated without cause by his ^dfleshly mind,

¹⁹and not holding fast to ^athe head, from whom ^bthe entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ¹ligaments, grows with a growth ²which is from God.

^20aIf you have died with Christ ¹to the ^belementary principles of the world, ^cwhy, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to ^ddecrees, such as,

²¹“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”

²²(which all refer ^ato things destined to perish ¹with use)—in accordance with the ^bcommandments and teachings of men?

²³These are matters which have, to be sure, the ¹appearance of wisdom in ^2aself-made religion and self-abasement and ^bsevere treatment of the body, but are of no value against ^cfleshly indulgence.