16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. |
17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. |
18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions. |
19 He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow. |
20 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: |
21 "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"? |
22 These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. |
23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence. |
