Colossians 2:20-23

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁰ If you died with the Messiah^(A) to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations: ²¹ “Don’t handle, don’t taste, don’t touch”? ²² All these regulations refer to what is destroyed by being used up; they are commands and doctrines of men. ²³ Although these have a reputation of wisdom^(B) by promoting ascetic practices, humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self-indulgence.^[a](C)