Colossians 2:19-22
New American Standard Bible
20If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as,
21Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!'
22(which all refer to things destined to perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of man?
King James Version
Christian Standard Bible
20If you died with Christ to the elements 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"?
22All these regulations refer to what is destined to perish by being used up; they are human commands and doctrines.
New Living Translation
English Standard Version
New International Version
20Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:
21"Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"?
22These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.
New King James Version
20Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations—
21“Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,”
22which all concern things which perish with the using— according to the commandments and doctrines of men?