My Master says, “These people say they love me. They show honor to me with words from their mouths. But their hearts are far from me. The honor they show me is nothing but human rules they have memorized.
Colossians 2:22 - Easy To Read Version These rules are talking about earthly things that are gone after they are used. These rules are only commands and teachings from people, \{not God\}. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
My Master says, “These people say they love me. They show honor to me with words from their mouths. But their hearts are far from me. The honor they show me is nothing but human rules they have memorized.
The deaf will hear the words in the book. The blind will see through the darkness and fog.
“‘That northern king will not care about the gods his fathers worshiped. He will not care about the idol gods women worship. He will not care about any god. Instead, he will praise himself, and make himself more important than any god.
Earthly food spoils and ruins. So don’t work to get that kind of food. But work to get the food that stays good always and gives you life forever. The Son of Man {\cf2\super [87]} will give you that food. God the Father showed that he is with the Son of Man.”
“Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food.” Yes. And God will destroy them both. But the body is not for sexual sin. The body is for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.
Then those people will stop accepting Jewish stories. And they will stop following the commands of those people who don’t accept the truth.
But these false teachers speak evil against things they don’t understand. These false teachers are like animals that do things without really thinking—like wild animals that are born to be caught and killed. And, like wild animals, these false teachers will be destroyed.
The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”