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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/colossians/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/colossians/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/colossians/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/colossians/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />(referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/colossians/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/colossians/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />which are all unto decay with the use, according to the precepts and teachings of men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/colossians/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/colossians/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/colossians/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />(which all <i>refer</i> <i>to</i> things destined to perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of man?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/colossians/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />(which all refer to things destined to perish with use)— in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/colossians/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />(which all <i>refer</i> <i>to</i> things destined to perish with the using)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/colossians/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Which deal with everything destined to perish with use, <i>which are</i> in accordance with the commands and teachings of men;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/colossians/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />(these things all perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/colossians/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />All these regulations refer to what is destined to perish by being used up; they are human commands and doctrines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/colossians/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />All these regulations refer to what is destroyed by being used up; they are commands and doctrines of men. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/colossians/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />(all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/colossians/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After these things are used, they are no longer good for anything. So why be bothered with the rules that humans have made up? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/colossians/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />(all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/colossians/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />All of these things deal with objects that are only used up anyway.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/colossians/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />All these refer to things which become useless once they are used; they are only human rules and teachings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/colossians/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />All of these things will be destroyed as they are used, because they are based on human commands and teachings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/colossians/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/colossians/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/colossians/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />(all of which perish with use), according to human commandments and teachings?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/colossians/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Which all are to perish with the using;) according to the commandments and doctrines of men?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/colossians/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />referring to things which are all intended to be used up and perish--in obedience to mere human injunctions and teachings?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/colossians/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/colossians/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/colossians/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />which are all unto decay with the use, according to the precepts and teachings of men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/colossians/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/colossians/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Which are all for corruption in the using;) according to the commands and doctrines of men?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/colossians/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Which all are unto destruction by the very use, according to the precepts and doctrines of men. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/colossians/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />which all lead to destruction by their very use, in accord with the precepts and doctrines of men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/colossians/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />These are all things destined to perish with use; they accord with human precepts and teachings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/colossians/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />All these regulations refer to things that perish with use; they are simply human commands and teachings.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/colossians/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For these things are customs which are changeable and they are the commandments and doctrines of men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/colossians/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Which are the things that need to be destroyed, and are the commandments and the teachings of the sons of men?<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/colossians/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />(all of which are for the destruction of those who use them,) according to the commandments and teachings of men;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/colossians/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />those things which are all unto destruction by use according to the commandments and teachings of the people?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/colossians/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />(all which things tend to corruption by abuse) according to the injunctions and doctrines of men?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/colossians/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />which yet were all made to be consumed for our use, notwithstanding the injunctions and doctrines of men:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/colossians/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />referring to things which are all intended to be used up and perish--in obedience to mere human injunctions and teachings?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/colossians/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />(which are all for destruction in the using), according to the commandments and teachings of men?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/colossians/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />handle not," which all tend to corruption in the using,) according to the commandments and doctrines of men?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/colossians/2-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7q-K-qsfihQ?start=483" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/colossians/2.htm">Alive in Christ</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”? <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ha (RelPro-NNP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">These</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">will</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: panta (Adj-NNP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">all</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases."></a> <a href="/greek/5356.htm" title="5356: phthoran (N-AFS) -- Corruption, destruction, decay, rottenness, decomposition. From phtheiro; decay, i.e. Ruin.">perish</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">with</a> <a href="/greek/671.htm" title="671: apochrēsei (N-DFS) -- Using up, abuse, misuse. From a compound of apo and chraomai; the act of using up, i.e. Consumption.">use,</a> <a href="/greek/2596.htm" title="2596: kata (Prep) -- A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).">because they are based on</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpōn (N-GMP) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">human</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1778.htm" title="1778: entalmata (N-ANP) -- An injunction, ordinance, precept. From entellomai; an injunction, i.e. Religious precept.">commands</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1319.htm" title="1319: didaskalias (N-AFP) -- Instruction, teaching. From didaskalos; instruction.">teachings.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">23</span>Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-9.htm">Matthew 15:9</a></span><br />They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-7.htm">Mark 7:7</a></span><br />They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1-3</a></span><br />Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, / influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. / They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/1-14.htm">Titus 1:14</a></span><br />and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Hebrews 9:10</a></span><br />They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-9.htm">Galatians 4:9-10</a></span><br />But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? / You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-15.htm">Ephesians 2:15</a></span><br />by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-17.htm">Romans 14:17</a></span><br />For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-13.htm">1 Corinthians 6:13</a></span><br />“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-8.htm">1 Corinthians 8:8</a></span><br />But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18</a></span><br />For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-12.htm">Isaiah 1:12-14</a></span><br />When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. / I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Jeremiah 7:22-23</a></span><br />For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-25.htm">Ezekiel 20:25-26</a></span><br />I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live. / And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2"> Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?</p><p class="hdg">to.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18,19</a></b></br> And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, <i>it</i> cannot defile him; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/6-27.htm">John 6:27</a></b></br> Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/6-13.htm">1 Corinthians 6:13</a></b></br> Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body <i>is</i> not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.</p><p class="hdg">after.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13,18</a></b></br> Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near <i>me</i> with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/11-37.htm">Daniel 11:37</a></b></br> Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/15-3.htm">Matthew 15:3-9</a></b></br> But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ephesians/4-21.htm">Accordance</a> <a href="/colossians/2-7.htm">Based</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-15.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-12.htm">Destined</a> <a href="/philippians/3-19.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/philippians/4-9.htm">Doctrines</a> <a href="/colossians/2-14.htm">End</a> <a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Human</a> <a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Injunctions</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-1.htm">Intended</a> <a href="/colossians/2-17.htm">Mere</a> <a href="/galatians/5-8.htm">Obedience</a> <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Precepts</a> <a href="/philippians/4-11.htm">Refer</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-4.htm">Referring</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-6.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/colossians/2-7.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/galatians/5-20.htm">Teachings</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-9.htm">Use</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-10.htm">Used</a> <a href="/colossians/1-29.htm">Using</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-9.htm">Accordance</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-1.htm">Based</a> <a href="/colossians/4-10.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm">Destined</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">Doctrines</a> <a href="/colossians/3-21.htm">End</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-16.htm">Human</a> <a href="/matthew/12-16.htm">Injunctions</a> <a href="/genesis/31-20.htm">Intended</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-6.htm">Mere</a> <a href="/philemon/1-21.htm">Obedience</a> <a href="/colossians/3-6.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-10.htm">Precepts</a> <a href="/luke/24-27.htm">Refer</a> <a href="/exodus/4-26.htm">Referring</a> <a href="/colossians/2-23.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/colossians/3-16.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-15.htm">Teachings</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Use</a> <a href="/colossians/3-7.htm">Used</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-5.htm">Using</a><div class="vheading2">Colossians 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/colossians/2-1.htm">Paul still exhorts them to be constant in Christ;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">to beware of philosophy, and vain traditions;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/colossians/2-18.htm">worshipping of angels;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">and legal ceremonies, which are ended in Christ.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Colossians, Paul addresses the false teachings infiltrating the church, which emphasized strict adherence to dietary laws and ascetic practices. These practices are rooted in the Old Testament ceremonial laws, which were fulfilled in Christ (<a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Hebrews 9:10</a>). The perishability of these regulations highlights their inability to provide lasting spiritual benefit or salvation, contrasting with the eternal nature of Christ's work (<a href="/hebrews/7-24.htm">Hebrews 7:24-25</a>).<p><b>because they are based on human commands and teachings</b><br>Paul critiques the human origin of these regulations, distinguishing them from divine commandments. This echoes Jesus' rebuke of the Pharisees for elevating human traditions above God's commandments (<a href="/mark/7-7.htm">Mark 7:7-8</a>). The Colossian heresy involved a syncretism of Jewish legalism, Greek philosophy, and mysticism, which detracted from the sufficiency of Christ. The emphasis on human teachings underscores the danger of relying on man-made doctrines rather than the gospel, which is rooted in divine revelation (<a href="/galatians/1-11.htm">Galatians 1:11-12</a>). This warning serves as a reminder to prioritize Scripture and the teachings of Christ over cultural or religious traditions.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of the letter to the Colossians, Paul was a key figure in the early Christian church, known for his missionary journeys and theological teachings.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/colossae.htm">Colossae</a></b><br>An ancient city in Phrygia, Asia Minor, where the recipients of the letter, the Colossian Christians, resided. It was a place influenced by various religious and philosophical ideas.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a></b><br>Individuals in Colossae who were promoting teachings that deviated from the gospel, including legalistic practices and asceticism.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_human_traditions.htm">The Temporary Nature of Human Traditions</a></b><br><a href="/colossians/2-22.htm">Colossians 2:22</a> highlights that human commands and teachings are destined to perish. Believers should focus on eternal truths rather than temporary human traditions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_spiritual_practices.htm">Discernment in Spiritual Practices</a></b><br>Christians are called to discern between practices that are rooted in Christ and those that are merely human traditions. This requires a deep understanding of Scripture and reliance on the Holy Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sufficiency_of_christ.htm">The Sufficiency of Christ</a></b><br>The passage underscores the sufficiency of Christ over human regulations. Believers should find their identity and completeness in Him, not in external observances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_legalism.htm">Guarding Against Legalism</a></b><br>Legalism can distract from the true essence of the gospel. Christians should be wary of adding human rules to their faith, which can lead to spiritual bondage.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_out_true_worship.htm">Living Out True Worship</a></b><br>True worship is not about adhering to human rules but about a heart transformed by Christ. Believers should strive for a relationship with God that goes beyond mere external compliance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_colossians_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Colossians 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_christians_handle_pet_loss.htm">What are the doctrines of demons?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_free_will_justify_evil.htm">Will you heed the warnings and remain faithful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_advice_on_resolving_conflict.htm">What guidance does the Bible offer on conflict resolution?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_empowers_me_if_not_christ.htm">What defines the Bond of Perfection?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/colossians/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">Which all are to perish with the using.</span>--It has been doubted whether these words (which are literally, <span class= "ital">all which things go to corruption, </span>or <span class= "ital">destruction, in the using</span>) are the continuation of the ascetic ordinance, or the comment of the Apostle. But the last word--which signifies, not only "using," but <span class= "ital">"</span>using up"--seems to decide for the latter alternative. The things are things which go to destruction and are used up. What permanent effect can they leave behind? See <a href="/1_corinthians/8-8.htm" title="But meat commends us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.">1Corinthians 8:8</a> (whether the words of St. Paul, or the words of the Corinthians, accepted as true by him), "Meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse." It is but an echo of our Lord's own teaching as to that which goeth into the mouth (<a href="/context/matthew/15-16.htm" title="And Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding?">Matthew 15:16-17</a>; <a href="/context/mark/13-18.htm" title="And pray you that your flight be not in the winter.">Mark 13:18-19</a>).<p><span class= "bld">After the commandments . . .</span>--See <a href="/colossians/2-8.htm" title=" Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.">Colossians 2:8</a>, and Note there. There seems to be an allusion to <a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm" title="Why the Lord said, For as much as this people draw near 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:">Isaiah 29:13</a>, quoted by our Lord (<a href="/context/matthew/15-7.htm" title="You hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,">Matthew 15:7-8</a>; <a href="/context/mark/7-6.htm" title="He answered and said to them, Well has Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.">Mark 7:6-7</a>) in relation to these ceremonial observances. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/colossians/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22</span> <span class="accented">a</span> is the apostle's comment on these rules, in the form of a continuation of their terms. <span class="accented">Do not touch</span> - <span class="cmt_word">things which are an intended to perish</span> (literally, <span class="accented">for corruption</span>) <span class="cmt_word">in their consumption</span> (<a href="/matthew/15-17.htm">Matthew 15:17</a>; <a href="/mark/7-19.htm">Mark 7:19</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/6-13.htm">1 Corinthians 6:13</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/8-8.htm">1 Corinthians 8:8</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/4-3.htm">1 Timothy 4:3-5</a>), which, being destroyed as they are used, therefore do not enter into the soul's life, and are of themselves morally indifferent; so the Greek Fathers, and most modern interpreters. This is the position which Christ himself takes in regard to Jewish distinctions of meats (<a href="/mark/7-14.htm">Mark 7:14-23</a>, R.V.). We note the same style of sarcastic comment on the language of the false teachers as that exhibited in ver. 18. Augustine, Calvin, and some ethers render, "which (decrees) tend to (spiritual) destruction in their use;" but <span class="greek">ἀποχρῆσις</span> never means simply "use," and the antecedent "decrees" is awkwardly supplied. More plausibly, De Wette and some moderns interpret, "things which tend to (spiritual) destruction in their abuse," putting the words in the mouth of the false teacher, as though he said, "Abstain from everything the use of which may be fatal to the soul." But this ascribes to the errorist an argument which fails short of his principles (see note on "hard treatment of the body," ver. 23); and to which, specious as it is, and in harmony with the apostle's own teaching (<a href="/1_corinthians/6-12.htm">1 Corinthians 6:12</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/9-26.htm">1 Corinthians 9:26, 27</a>), he makes no reply. <span class="cmt_word">According to the commandments and teachings of men</span> (<a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a>, LXX; <a href="/matthew/15-9.htm">Matthew 15:9</a>; <a href="/mark/7-7.htm">Mark 7:7</a>; ver. 8; <a href="/1_corinthians/1-20.htm">1 Corinthians 1:20</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/2-5.htm">1 Corinthians 2:5, 13</a>); the only passage in this Epistle which distinctly alludes to the language of the Old Testament. But the words are, we may suppose, primarily a reminiscence of the language of Christ, who uses them in connection with his announcement of the abolition of the sacred distinctions of meats (comp. <a href="/mark/7-1.htm">Mark 7:1-23</a>). This clause points out the method after which, and direction in which, the new teachers were leading their disciples, on the line of a man-made instead of a God given religion. "Commandments" (or, "injunctions") include the prescriptions of ver. 21 and all others like them; "teachings" embrace the general principles and doctrines on which these rules were based. So this expression, following "rudiments of the world (ver. 20), leads us back by a rapid generalization from the particulars specified in ver. 21 to the general starting point given in ver. 8 (see note), and prepares us for the brief and energetic summary of the whole Colossian error which we find in - <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/colossians/2-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">[These]</span><br /><span class="grk">ἅ</span> <span class="translit">(ha)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">will</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐστιν</span> <span class="translit">(estin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="grk">πάντα</span> <span class="translit">(panta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">perish</span><br /><span class="grk">φθορὰν</span> <span class="translit">(phthoran)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5356.htm">Strong's 5356: </a> </span><span class="str2">Corruption, destruction, decay, rottenness, decomposition. From phtheiro; decay, i.e. Ruin.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="grk">τῇ</span> <span class="translit">(tē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">use,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀποχρήσει</span> <span class="translit">(apochrēsei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_671.htm">Strong's 671: </a> </span><span class="str2">Using up, abuse, misuse. From a compound of apo and chraomai; the act of using up, i.e. Consumption.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because they are based on</span><br /><span class="grk">κατὰ</span> <span class="translit">(kata)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2596.htm">Strong's 2596: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">human</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀνθρώπων</span> <span class="translit">(anthrōpōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">commands</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐντάλματα</span> <span class="translit">(entalmata)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1778.htm">Strong's 1778: </a> </span><span class="str2">An injunction, ordinance, precept. From entellomai; an injunction, i.e. Religious precept.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">teachings.</span><br /><span class="grk">διδασκαλίας</span> <span class="translit">(didaskalias)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1319.htm">Strong's 1319: </a> </span><span class="str2">Instruction, teaching. 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