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Colossians 2:22

The law

20 If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

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

These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

23 Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

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BSB
These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.
KJV
Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
WEB
(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
ASV
(all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?
DARBY
(things which are all for destruction in the using [of them]:) according to the injunctions and teachings of men,
BLB
which are all unto decay with the use, according to the precepts and teachings of men,
ÅB
- ting som dog alle sammen er bestemt til å fortæres ved bruken - etter menneskenes bud og lærdommer,
OTB
Disse gjelder ting som er bestemt til å forgå, og er basert på menneskelige bud og lærdommer.
B1930
- ting som dog alle sammen er bestemt til å fortæres ved bruken - efter menneskenes bud og lærdommer,

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 29:13

    Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

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  • Titus 1:14

    and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:13

    “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

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  • Mark 7:18–19

    “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,

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  • Mark 7:7–13

    They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’

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  • John 6:27

    Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

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  • Matthew 15:3–9

    Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

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  • Revelation 17:18

    And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

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