Colossians 2:20 Themes and Topics

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, "Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch" (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men? read more.
Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron; forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. read more.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come. Verse Concepts

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again? Verse Concepts

They do not eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they wash, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.) Verse Concepts

Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? Verse Concepts

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Verse Concepts

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

but deal only with foods and drinks and various washings; they are regulations for the flesh imposed until the time of setting things right. Verse Concepts

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin. Verse Concepts

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. Verse Concepts

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter." Verse Concepts

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh. Verse Concepts

This saying is faithful: "For if we died with him, we will also live with him. Verse Concepts

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. Verse Concepts

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. Verse Concepts

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by his stripes you were healed. Verse Concepts

This saying is faithful: "For if we died with him, we will also live with him. Verse Concepts

In the same way, consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Verse Concepts

May it never be. We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer? Verse Concepts

For he who has died has been freed from sin. Verse Concepts

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Verse Concepts

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

May it never be. We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer? Or do you not know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. read more.
For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection; knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him; knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him. For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Or do you not know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives? For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband. So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man. read more.
Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death. But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be. However, I would not have known sin, except through the law. For I would not have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet." But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead. I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

May it never be. We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer? Verse Concepts

A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean." Verse Concepts

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. Verse Concepts

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, "Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch" (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin. Verse Concepts

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. Verse Concepts

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter." Verse Concepts

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh. Verse Concepts

This saying is faithful: "For if we died with him, we will also live with him. Verse Concepts

holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof. Turn away from these, also. Verse Concepts

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. Verse Concepts

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

The Lord said, "Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, but in vain do they worship me, teaching the commandments and doctrines of men. Verse Concepts

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God. Verse Concepts

'These people honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. Verse Concepts

Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies. Verse Concepts

You observe days, months, seasons, and years. I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world. Verse Concepts

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, "Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch" (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men? read more.
Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love. Verse Concepts

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. Verse Concepts

having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace; Verse Concepts

wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross; Verse Concepts

Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and an earthly sanctuary. Verse Concepts

Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom. Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah. "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says the LORD. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats. When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? read more.
Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies. My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them. When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil. Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."

The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing; which is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshipper perfect; but deal only with foods and drinks and various washings; they are regulations for the flesh imposed until the time of setting things right.