Colossians 2:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?”
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BSBPD
““Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“(Touch not; taste not; handle not;”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Handle not, nor taste, nor touch”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“--thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle--”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Colossians 2:21 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:3but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
- Isaiah 52:11Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
- 1 Timothy 4:3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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