Colossians 2:21

New American Bible - revised edition

“Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”

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it is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘You shall not eat it or even touch it, or else you will die.’”

Depart, depart, go out from there, touch nothing unclean! Out from there! Purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the Lord.

Therefore, come forth from them and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch nothing unclean; then I will receive you

If you died with Christ to the elemental powers of the world, why do you submit to regulations as if you were still living in the world?

These are all things destined to perish with use; they accord with human precepts and teachings.

They forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.