If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Colossians 2:20 in context
Colossians 2:17–23
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which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.
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Let no one rob you of your prize by self-abasement and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
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and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.
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If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
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“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”
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(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
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These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body, but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
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