Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Colossians 2:22
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Colossians2:22
22. Which--things, namely, the three things handled, touched, and tasted.
are to perish--literally, "are constituted (by their very nature) for perishing (or 'destruction by corruption') in (or 'with') their using up (consumption)." Therefore they cannot really and lastingly defile a man (Mt 15:17; 1Co 6:13).
after--according to. Referring to Col 2:20, 21. All these "ordinances" are according to human, not divine, injunction.
doctrines--Greek, teachings." Alford translates, "(doctrinal) systems."
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