Colossians 2:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

"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. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from 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 midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.
  • Isa 52:11 : 11 Depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; be clean, you who bear the vessels of the LORD.

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    22Which all concern things which perish with the using, according to the commandments and doctrines of men?

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  • Col 2:19-20
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    19And not holding to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.

    20Therefore if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations,

  • 1 Tim 5:22
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    22Do not lay hands hastily on anyone, nor share in other people's sins; keep yourself pure.

  • Heb 13:9
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    9Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

  • Titus 1:14-15
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    14Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.

    15To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but even their mind and 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 has said, You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.

  • Col 2:16
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    16Let no one therefore judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days;

  • 1 Cor 7:1
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    1Now concerning the things you wrote to me 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. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.

  • Lev 22:5-6
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    5Or whoever touches any creeping thing, by which he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has;

    6The soul who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he washes his flesh with water.

  • Rom 14:20-21
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    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.

    21It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.

  • Col 2:8
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    8Beware lest anyone spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the basic principles of the world, and not after Christ.

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

  • Eph 4:19-20
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    19Who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

    20But you have not so learned Christ,

  • Lev 11:8
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    8Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcass you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.

  • Lev 7:21
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    21Moreover, the soul who touches any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean animal, or any abominable unclean thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to the LORD, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Heb 9:10
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    10Concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.

  • Matt 15:20
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    20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.

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

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

  • 1 Tim 4:3
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    3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

  • Acts 15:20
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    20But that we write to them to abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from 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 him.

  • Acts 21:25
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    25As for the Gentiles who believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, except only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality.

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

  • Lev 7:19
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    19And the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and for the other flesh, all who are clean shall eat it.

  • Num 19:22
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    22And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul who touches it shall be unclean until evening.

  • Num 19:11
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    11He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

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    1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

  • Lev 18:24
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    24Do not defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out before you.

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

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

  • Rom 13:14
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    14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

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    18And he said to them, Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

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    21Therefore lay aside all filthiness and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

  • Deut 14:8
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    8And the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet does not chew the cud, it is unclean to you: you shall not eat their flesh, nor touch their dead bodies.

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    2That he should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

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    8But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we better, nor if we do not eat are we worse.

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    16Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil.

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    12Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey its lusts.

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    15Avoid it, do not pass by it, turn from it, and pass away.

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    14As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance;