Colossians 2:21

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 3:3

But God did say, ‘You must not eat the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden. Do not even touch it. If you do, you will die.’ ”

Isaiah 52:11

You who carry the objects that belong to the Lord’s temple, leave Babylon! Leave it! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything that isn’t pure and “clean.” Come out of Babylon and be pure.

2 Corinthians 6:17

So, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch anything that is not pure and ‘clean.’ Then I will receive you.” (Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41)

Colossians 2:20

Some people still follow the basic spiritual powers of the world. But you died with Christ as far as these powers are concerned. So why do you act as if you still belong to the world? Here are the rules you follow.

Colossians 2:22

Rules like these are about things that will pass away soon. They are based on merely human rules and teachings.

1 Timothy 4:3

They do not allow people to get married. They order them not to eat certain foods. But God created those foods. So people who believe and know the truth should receive them and give thanks for them.