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Colossians 2:21 — King James Version← Study notes

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;


Colossians 2:21Greek Interlinear

Greek · Colossians 2:216 words
GreekMeaning
Μὴ
NotadverbG3361
ἅψῃhapsē
you may handleverbG681
μηδὲmēde
NotwordG3366
γεύσῃgeusē
you may tasteverbG1089
μηδὲmēde
NotwordG3366
θίγῃςthigēs
you may touchverbG2345
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Colossians 2:21

“Handle not, nor taste, nor touch; all which things are to perish with the using; after the precepts and doctrines of men.” You are not in the world, he says, how is it you are subject to its elements? How to its observances? And mark how he makes sport of them, “touch not, handle not, taste not,” as though they were cowards and keeping themselves clear of some great matters, “all which things are to perish with the using.” He has taken down the swollenness of the many, and…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 7 on Colossians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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