The Lord said: Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote,
Colossians 2:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 All these regulations refer to things that perish with use; they are simply human commands and teachings. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Referring to things all of which perish with being used. To do this is to follow human precepts and doctrines. [Isa. 29:13.] American Standard Version (1901) (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men? Common English Bible All these things cease to exist when they are used. Such rules are human commandments and teachings. Catholic Public Domain Version which all lead to destruction by their very use, in accord with the precepts and doctrines of men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Which all are unto destruction by the very use, according to the precepts and doctrines of men. |
The Lord said: Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote,
On that day the deaf shall hear the words of a scroll, and freed from gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.
He shall pay no respect to the gods of his ancestors or to the one beloved by women; he shall pay no respect to any other god, for he shall consider himself greater than all.
Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”
“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food,” and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is meant not for sexual immorality but for the Lord and the Lord for the body.
not paying attention to Jewish myths or to commandments of those who reject the truth.
These people, however, are like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct, born to be caught and killed. They slander what they do not understand, and as those creatures are destroyed, they also will be destroyed,
The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”