Colossians 2
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Colossians 2:20-23

201IfG1487 you have diedG599 with ChristG5547 2to the 3elementaryG4747 principlesG4747 of the worldG2889, 4whyG5101, as ifG5613 you were livingG2198 in the worldG2889, do you submitG1379 yourself to 5decreesG1379, such as,

21“Do not handleG681, do not tasteG1089, do not touchG2345!”

22(whichG3739 allG3956 refer 6to things destined to perishG5356 7with useG671)--in accordanceG2596 with the 8commandmentsG1778 and teachingsG1319 of menG444?

23TheseG3748 are mattersG3056 whichG3748 haveG2192, to be sureG3303, the 9appearanceG3056 of wisdomG4678 in 1011self-madeG1479 religionG1479 and self-abasementG5012 and 12severeG857 treatmentG857 of the bodyG4983, but are of noG3756G5100 valueG5092 againstG4314 13fleshlyG4561 indulgenceG4140.

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Notes

  1. 1. Colossians 2:20 Rom 6:2 ↩
  2. 2. Colossians 2:20 Lit from ↩
  3. 3. Colossians 2:20 Col 2:8 ↩
  4. 4. Colossians 2:20 Gal 4:9 ↩
  5. 5. Colossians 2:20 Col 2:14, 16 ↩
  6. 6. Colossians 2:22 1 Cor 6:13 ↩
  7. 7. Colossians 2:22 Or by being consumed ↩
  8. 8. Colossians 2:22 Is 29:13; Matt 15:9; Titus 1:14 ↩
  9. 9. Colossians 2:23 Lit report; Gr logos ↩
  10. 10. Colossians 2:23 Or would-be religion ↩
  11. 11. Colossians 2:23 Col 2:18 ↩
  12. 12. Colossians 2:23 1 Tim 4:3 ↩
  13. 13. Colossians 2:23 Rom 13:14; 1 Tim 4:8 ↩

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