Catholic Public Domain Version
"Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle these things,"
— Colossians 2:21, Catholic Public Domain Version
“(Touch not; taste not; handle not;”
“Handle not, nor taste, nor touch ”
“"Don't handle, nor taste, nor touch"”
““Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!””
“Touch not: taste not: handle not.”
“Which say there may be no touching, tasting, or taking in your hands,”
“(Touch not; taste not; handle not;”
Let no one seduce you, preferring base things and a religion of Angels, walking according to what he has not seen, being vainly inflated by the sensations of his flesh,
and not holding up the head, with which the whole body, by its underlying joints and ligaments, is joined together and grows with an increase that is of God.
So then, if you have died with Christ to the influences of this world, why do you still make decisions as if you were living in the world?
Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle these things,
which all lead to destruction by their very use, in accord with the precepts and doctrines of men.
Such ideas have at least an intention to attain to wisdom, but through superstition and debasement, not sparing the body, and they are without any honor in satiating the flesh.