Colossians 2:22-23

EasyEnglish Bible

²² Rules like that are only about things that spoil when you use them.^[a] They are rules that come from human ideas. ²³ They teach you ideas about what you must do to worship God. They teach you to serve other people like a slave. They say that you must hurt yourself. You must show that you control your body. Rules like that may seem to be wise, but really they are not worth anything. They cannot stop our weak human nature from doing the bad things that we want to do.