Colossians 2:20-22

Contemporary English Version

Christ Brings New Life

²⁰ You died with Christ. Now the forces of the universe^[a] don't have any power over you. Why do you live as if you had to obey such rules as, ²¹ “Don't handle this. Don't taste that. Don't touch this.”? ²² After these things are used, they are no longer good for anything. So why be bothered with the rules that humans have made up?