Colossians 2:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.”
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“These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?”
King James Version · Public Domain“(all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Colossians 2:22 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
- Isaiah 29:18On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
- Daniel 11:37He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all.
- Matthew 15:3Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
- Mark 7:7They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’
- Mark 7:18“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
- John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
- 1 Corinthians 6:13“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
- Titus 1:14and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
- Revelation 17:18And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
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