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Colossians 2:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Colossians 2:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
19 and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.
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20 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the universe,[a] why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations, 21 “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch”?
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- Colossians 2:20 Or the rudiments of the world
Colossians 2:19-21
New International Version
Colossians 2:19-21
New International Version
19 They have lost connection with the head,(A) from whom the whole body,(B) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(C)
20 Since you died with Christ(D) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,(E) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:(F) 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”?
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