Colossians 2:21
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
(Touch not, taste not, handle not:
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- 1 Timothy 4:3Rank 1 from verse 21
3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to absteine from meates, which God hath created to bee receiued with thankesgiuing of them which beleeue, and know the trueth.
- Isaiah 52:11Rank 2 from verse 21
11¶ Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.
11¶ *Depart ye, depart ye, goe ye out from thence, touch no vncleane thing; goe ye out of the middest of her; be yee cleane, that beare the vessels of the LORD.
- Genesis 3:3Rank 3 from verse 21
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Colossians 2:21
Sense 1: To perceive flavor by the mouth, or to eat or drink. Sense 2: Figuratively, to experience or partake of. As a noun, the sensation, flavor, or discernment received by tasting.
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Sense 1: To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand. Sense 2: To treat or deal with.
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20Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
20Wherefore if yee bee dead with Christ frō the ‖rudiments of the world: why, as though liuing in the world, are ye subiect to ordinances?
21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
21(Touch not, taste not, handle not:
Selected passage22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
22Which all are to perish with the vsing) after the commandements and doctrines of men: