Colossians 2:21

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"Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle"—

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  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore, 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 They will forbid marriage and require abstinence from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
  • Gen 3:3 : 3 'But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.''
  • Isa 52:11 : 11 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.

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  • Col 2:22-23
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    22which all perish as they are used—based on human commands and teachings.

    23These have an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion, false humility, and severe treatment of the body, but they have no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

  • Col 2:19-20
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    19Such a person does not hold fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that comes from God.

    20If you died with Christ to the elemental principles of the world, why, as though still living in the world, do you submit to its decrees?

  • 1 Tim 5:22
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    22Do not be hasty in laying on hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

  • Heb 13:9
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    9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by God’s grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which have not benefited those who have followed them.

  • Titus 1:14-15
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    14not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and human commandments that turn away from the truth.

    15To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

  • Gen 3:3
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    3'But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.''

  • Col 2:16
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    16Therefore, let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or regarding a festival, a new moon, or Sabbaths.

  • 1 Cor 7:1
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    1Now concerning the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

  • 2 Cor 6:17
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    17Therefore, 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'

  • Lev 22:5-6
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    5or touches any unclean crawling creature that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean by whatever means—

    6the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat any of the holy things unless he has bathed in water.

  • Rom 14:20-21
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    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

    21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother or sister to stumble, to be offended, or to be weakened.

  • Col 2:8
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    8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, based on human tradition and the elemental principles of the world rather than on Christ.

  • Eph 5:7
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    7Therefore, do not be partners with them.

  • Eph 4:19-20
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    19They have become callous and have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

    20But that is not the way you learned Christ,

  • Lev 11:8
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    8You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

  • Lev 7:21
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    21If anyone touches something unclean, whether it is human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat from the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, they must be cut off from their people.

  • Heb 9:10
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    10They are only regulations concerning food and drink and various ceremonial washings, external ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.

  • Matt 15:20
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    20These are the things that defile a person, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

  • Deut 14:3
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    3You shall not eat any detestable thing.

  • Heb 6:2
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    2instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

  • 1 Tim 4:3
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    3They will forbid marriage and require abstinence from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

  • Acts 15:20
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    20Instead, we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, sexual immorality, meat that has been strangled, and blood.

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.

  • Acts 21:25
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    25As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.

  • Acts 15:29
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    29that you abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.

  • Lev 7:19
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    19Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten. It must be burned with fire. Only those who are clean may eat the meat.

  • Num 19:22
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    22Anything that the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will remain unclean until evening.

  • Num 19:11
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    11Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days.

  • 2 Cor 7:1
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    1Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.

  • Lev 18:24
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    24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

  • 1 Thess 5:21-22
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    21Test all things. Hold fast to what is good.

    22Abstain from every form of evil.

  • Mark 7:3
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    3For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands carefully, holding to the tradition of the elders.

  • Rom 13:14
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    14But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

  • Mark 7:18
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    18And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

  • Jas 1:21
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    21Therefore, rid yourselves of all moral filth and the excess of evil, and humbly accept the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

  • Deut 14:8
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    8And the pig, though it has divided hooves, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.

  • 1 Pet 4:2
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    2As a result, you should no longer live the rest of your earthly life for human desires but instead for the will of God.

  • 1 Cor 8:8
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    8Food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.

  • Rom 14:16
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    16Therefore, do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.

  • Titus 2:12
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    12It teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

  • Rom 6:12
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    12Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

  • Prov 4:15
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    15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn away from it and go on your way.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14As obedient children, do not conform to the desires you had when you lived in ignorance.