Colossians 2:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

2 Cor 6:17 : 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,
1 Tim 4:3 : 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.
Gen 3:3 : 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.
Isa 52:11 : 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.

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22(all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?
23Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; [but are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
Col 2:19-20
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19and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increasing with the increase of God.
20{G3767} If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
1 Tim 5:22
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22Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
Heb 13:9
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9Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein {G1722} they that occupied themselves were not profited.
Titus 1:14-15
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14not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
15To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
Gen 3:3
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3but 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.
Col 2:16
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16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:
1 Cor 7:1
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1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: {G3427} It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Cor 6:17
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17Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
Lev 22:5-6
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5or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
6the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.
Rom 14:20-21
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20Overthrow not for meat's sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
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Col 2:8
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8Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:
Eph 5:7
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7Be not ye therefore partakers with them;
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19who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20But ye did not so learn Christ;
Lev 11:8
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8Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.
Lev 7:21
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21And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any unclean abomination, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain unto Jehovah, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Heb 9:10
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Matt 15:20
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20these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.
Deut 14:3
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Heb 6:2
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1 Tim 4:3
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1 John 2:15
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Acts 21:25
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Lev 7:19
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Num 19:11
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Mark 7:3
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Mark 7:18
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Jas 1:21
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