Colossians 2:19

17 ^awhich are a shadow of things to come, but the¹ substance is of Christ.

18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has¹ not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

19 and not holding fast to ^athe Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, ^bgrows with the increase that is from God.

20 Therefore, if you ^adied with Christ from the basic principles of the world, ^bwhy, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations—

21 ^a“Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Colossians 2:19

And not holding the Head - Not acknowledging Jesus Christ as the only Savior of mankind, and the only Head or chief of the Christian Church, on whom every member of it depends, and from whom each derives both light and life. For a farther explanation of these words see the notes on Ephesians 4:16, where the figures and phraseology are the same.

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