19 He is not holding fast to the Head. It is from Him that the whole body, nourished and held together by its joints and tendons, grows with a godly increase.
20 If you died with Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why—as though living in the world—do you subject yourselves to their rules?
21 “Don’t handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!”
22 These all lead to decay with use, based as they are on man-made commands and teachings.
23 Indeed, these are matters that have an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and humility and self-denial of the body—yet none are of any value for stopping indulgence of the flesh.