Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Which—things, namely, the three things handled, touched, and tasted.
are to perish—literally, "are constituted (by their very nature) for perishing (or 'destruction by corruption') in (or 'with') their using up (consumption)." Therefore they cannot really and lastingly defile a man (Matthew 15:17; I Corinthians 6:13).
after—according to. Referring to Colossians 2:20-21. All these "ordinances" are according to human, not divine, injunction.
doctrines—Greek, teachings." ALFORD translates, "(doctrinal) systems."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Colossians 2:22:
1 Corinthians 6:13
Ephesians 6:24
2 Thessalonians 2:7
1 Timothy 1:4
1 Timothy 4:3
2 Timothy 3:16
Titus 1:14
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