Colossians 2:21-23

Worldwide English (New Testament)

²¹ I mean laws like this: "Do not touch that. Do not eat this. Do not put your hand on that."

²² All such things are gone as soon as they are used. These are laws made and taught by men.

²³ These laws look as if they are good laws. They make a show of doing things for God. They make people humble themselves in some way. They make people control their bodies in certain ways. But they have no power to keep people from doing all the wrong things they want to do.