Colossians 2:23

New English Translation

Even though they have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship and false humility achieved by an unsparing treatment of the body – a wisdom with no true value – they in reality result in fleshly indulgence.

Cross References

Romans 13:14

Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.

Ephesians 5:29

For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

Colossians 2:18

Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.

Colossians 2:22

These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings.

Colossians 2:8

Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

1 Timothy 4:3

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

1 Timothy 4:8

For “physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”