Colossians 2:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Isa 29:13 : 13 Therefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near to me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
  • Titus 1:14 : 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.
  • 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 Food for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
  • Mark 7:7-9 : 7 However, in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, such as the washing of pots and cups; and many other similar things you do. 9 And he said to them, You completely reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him be put to death. 11 But you say, If a man says to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is, a gift to God, by which you might have been benefited by me; he shall be free. 12 And you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, 13 Making the word of God of no effect through your tradition, which you have handed down; and you do many similar things.
  • Matt 15:3-9 : 3 But he answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die. 5 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me; 6 And does not honor his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9 But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
  • Mark 7:18-19 : 18 And he said to them, Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, 19 Because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, purging all foods?
  • John 6:27 : 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.
  • Isa 29:18 : 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
  • Dan 11:37 : 37 He shall not regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify himself above all.
  • Rev 17:18 : 18 The woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.

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  • 23 These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

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    20 Therefore 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,

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    7 However, in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

    8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, such as the washing of pots and cups; and many other similar things you do.

    9 And he said to them, You completely reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

  • 9 But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

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    14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.

    15 To 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.

  • 8 Beware 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.

  • 9 Do 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.

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

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    16 But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.

    17 And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort,

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

  • 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.

  • 13 Making the word of God of no effect through your tradition, which you have handed down; and you do many similar things.

  • 5 Having a form of godliness but denying its power. From such turn away.

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

    17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the substance is of Christ.

    18 Let no one beguile you of your reward in a false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

  • 31 and those who use this world, as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.

  • 3 If anyone teaches otherwise, and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness;

  • 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

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

  • 6 From which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,

  • 12 But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption;

  • 21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

  • 5 Useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

  • 20 Do 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.

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

  • 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

  • 22 That you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

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    3 Therefore, whatever they ask you to observe, that observe and do; but do not do according to their works: for they say and do not.

    4 For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

  • 3 But he answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

  • 2 And many will follow their pernicious ways; by whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.

  • 13 Therefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near to me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

  • 10 Not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

  • 27 For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled;

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    23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.

    24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies among themselves,

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

  • 17 Now I urge you, brethren, mark those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them.

  • 18 They are vanity, the work of errors; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • 14 That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness by which they lie in wait to deceive;

  • 14 Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to argue about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.

  • 19 Who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

  • 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their mind on earthly things.

  • 19 Because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, purging all foods?