Colossians 2:19-21

International Standard Version

¹⁹ He does not hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, which is nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God enables it.

The New Life in the Messiah

²⁰ If you have died with the Messiah^[a] to the basic principles of the world,^[b] why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? ²¹ “Don’t handle this! Don’t taste or touch that!”