Thematic Bible: False religion, characteristics of


Thematic Bible



But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)

So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?


If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

They served only for matters of food and drink and various washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.


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