Colossians 2:21

Colossians chapter 2 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Handle not, nor taste, nor touch

King James Version · 1611

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

American Standard Version · 1901

Handle not, nor taste, nor touch

v.20If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,

v.21This passage

v.22(all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
1 Timothy 4:3
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.
Isaiah 52:11
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah.
2 Corinthians 6:17
Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,