Colossians 2:22
New International Version
These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.

New Living Translation
Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them.

English Standard Version
(referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings?

Berean Standard Bible
These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

Berean Literal Bible
which are all unto decay with the use, according to the precepts and teachings of men,

King James Bible
Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

New King James Version
which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men?

New American Standard Bible
(which all refer to things destined to perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of man?

NASB 1995
(which all refer to things destined to perish with use)— in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men?

NASB 1977
(which all refer to things destined to perish with the using)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men?

Legacy Standard Bible
Which deal with everything destined to perish with use, which are in accordance with the commands and teachings of men;

Amplified Bible
(these things all perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men.

Christian Standard Bible
All these regulations refer to what is destined to perish by being used up; they are human commands and doctrines.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
All these regulations refer to what is destroyed by being used up; they are commands and doctrines of men.

American Standard Version
(all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Which are the things that need to be destroyed, and are the commandments and the teachings of the sons of men?

Contemporary English Version
After these things are used, they are no longer good for anything. So why be bothered with the rules that humans have made up?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which all are unto destruction by the very use, according to the precepts and doctrines of men.

English Revised Version
(all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
All of these things deal with objects that are only used up anyway.

Good News Translation
All these refer to things which become useless once they are used; they are only human rules and teachings.

International Standard Version
All of these things will be destroyed as they are used, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

Literal Standard Version
which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men,

Majority Standard Bible
These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

New American Bible
These are all things destined to perish with use; they accord with human precepts and teachings.

NET Bible
These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings.

New Revised Standard Version
All these regulations refer to things that perish with use; they are simply human commands and teachings.

New Heart English Bible
(all of which perish with use), according to human commandments and teachings?

Webster's Bible Translation
Which all are to perish with the using;) according to the commandments and doctrines of men?

Weymouth New Testament
referring to things which are all intended to be used up and perish--in obedience to mere human injunctions and teachings?

World English Bible
(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

Young's Literal Translation
which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men,

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Context
Alive in Christ
21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”? 22These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. 23Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.…

Cross References
Isaiah 29:13
Therefore 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.

Matthew 15:9
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.'"

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.

Colossians 2:21
"Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!"?

Titus 1:14
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

2 Peter 2:12
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.


Treasury of Scripture

Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

to.

Mark 7:18,19
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; …

John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

1 Corinthians 6:13
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

after.

Isaiah 29:13,18
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: …

Daniel 11:37
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.

Matthew 15:3-9
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? …

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Colossians 2
1. Paul still exhorts them to be constant in Christ;
8. to beware of philosophy, and vain traditions;
18. worshipping of angels;
20. and legal ceremonies, which are ended in Christ.














(22) Which all are to perish with the using.--It has been doubted whether these words (which are literally, all which things go to corruption, or destruction, in the using) are the continuation of the ascetic ordinance, or the comment of the Apostle. But the last word--which signifies, not only "using," but "using up"--seems to decide for the latter alternative. The things are things which go to destruction and are used up. What permanent effect can they leave behind? See 1Corinthians 8:8 (whether the words of St. Paul, or the words of the Corinthians, accepted as true by him), "Meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse." It is but an echo of our Lord's own teaching as to that which goeth into the mouth (Matthew 15:16-17; Mark 13:18-19).

After the commandments . . .--See Colossians 2:8, and Note there. There seems to be an allusion to Isaiah 29:13, quoted by our Lord (Matthew 15:7-8; Mark 7:6-7) in relation to these ceremonial observances. . . .

Verse 22 a is the apostle's comment on these rules, in the form of a continuation of their terms. Do not touch - things which are an intended to perish (literally, for corruption) in their consumption (Matthew 15:17; Mark 7:19; 1 Corinthians 6:13; 1 Corinthians 8:8; 1 Timothy 4:3-5), which, being destroyed as they are used, therefore do not enter into the soul's life, and are of themselves morally indifferent; so the Greek Fathers, and most modern interpreters. This is the position which Christ himself takes in regard to Jewish distinctions of meats (Mark 7:14-23, R.V.). We note the same style of sarcastic comment on the language of the false teachers as that exhibited in ver. 18. Augustine, Calvin, and some ethers render, "which (decrees) tend to (spiritual) destruction in their use;" but ἀποχρῆσις never means simply "use," and the antecedent "decrees" is awkwardly supplied. More plausibly, De Wette and some moderns interpret, "things which tend to (spiritual) destruction in their abuse," putting the words in the mouth of the false teacher, as though he said, "Abstain from everything the use of which may be fatal to the soul." But this ascribes to the errorist an argument which fails short of his principles (see note on "hard treatment of the body," ver. 23); and to which, specious as it is, and in harmony with the apostle's own teaching (1 Corinthians 6:12; 1 Corinthians 9:26, 27), he makes no reply. According to the commandments and teachings of men (Isaiah 29:13, LXX; Matthew 15:9; Mark 7:7; ver. 8; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 2:5, 13); the only passage in this Epistle which distinctly alludes to the language of the Old Testament. But the words are, we may suppose, primarily a reminiscence of the language of Christ, who uses them in connection with his announcement of the abolition of the sacred distinctions of meats (comp. Mark 7:1-23). This clause points out the method after which, and direction in which, the new teachers were leading their disciples, on the line of a man-made instead of a God given religion. "Commandments" (or, "injunctions") include the prescriptions of ver. 21 and all others like them; "teachings" embrace the general principles and doctrines on which these rules were based. So this expression, following "rudiments of the world (ver. 20), leads us back by a rapid generalization from the particulars specified in ver. 21 to the general starting point given in ver. 8 (see note), and prepares us for the brief and energetic summary of the whole Colossian error which we find in -

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[These]
(ha)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

will
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

all
πάντα (panta)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

perish
φθορὰν (phthoran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5356: Corruption, destruction, decay, rottenness, decomposition. From phtheiro; decay, i.e. Ruin.

with
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

use,
ἀποχρήσει (apochrēsei)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 671: Using up, abuse, misuse. From a compound of apo and chraomai; the act of using up, i.e. Consumption.

because they are based on
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

human
ἀνθρώπων (anthrōpōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

commands
ἐντάλματα (entalmata)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 1778: An injunction, ordinance, precept. From entellomai; an injunction, i.e. Religious precept.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

teachings.
διδασκαλίας (didaskalias)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 1319: Instruction, teaching. From didaskalos; instruction.


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