Colossians 2:21
Colossians · New Testament · Chapter 2
“(Touch not; taste not; handle not;”Colossians 2:21
What Does Colossians 2:21 Mean?
Colossians 2:21 is found in the book of Colossians, chapter 2, verse 21 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 10 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (10)
These passages are connected to Colossians 2:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Timothy 4:8“For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.”1 Timothy 4:3“Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.”Genesis 9:3“Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.”Isaiah 52:11“Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.”Genesis 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.”Mark 7:19“Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?”Mark 7:3“For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.”2 Corinthians 6:17“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,”Leviticus 11:8“Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.”Matthew 15:17“Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?”
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