Colossians 2:23

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

²² These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
WEB: These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body, but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
ASV: Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; [but are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
DARBY: (which have indeed an appearance of wisdom in voluntary worship, and humility, and harsh treatment of the body, not in a certain honour,) to [the] satisfaction of the flesh.
BLB: which, having indeed a word of wisdom in self-willed worship and humility and harsh treatment of the body, are not in any value toward the indulgence of the flesh.

ÅB: som vel har ord for visdom ved selvvalgt dyrkelse og ydmykhet og mishandling av legemet, ikke ved noe som er ære verdt, bare til mettelse for kjødet?
OTB: Disse har riktignok et skinn av visdom i selvpålagt religion, falsk ydmykhet og streng behandling av kroppen, men de er uten verdi i å dempe sanselig nytelse.
B1930: som vel har ord for visdom ved selvvalgt dyrkelse og ydmykhet og mishandling av legemet, ikke ved noget som er ære verdt, bare til mettelse for kjødet?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Timothy 4:8
For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
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Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
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Colossians 2:22
These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.
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Colossians 2:18
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.
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Matthew 23:27–28
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
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2 Corinthians 11:13–15
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
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Ephesians 5:29
Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
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1 Timothy 4:3
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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