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19 He is not holding fast to the Head. It is from Him that the whole body, nourished and held together by its joints and tendons, grows with a godly increase. 20 If you died with Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why—as though living in the world—do you subject yourselves to their rules? 21 “Don’t handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!”

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19 They have lost connection with the head,(A) from whom the whole body,(B) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(C)

20 Since you died with Christ(D) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,(E) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:(F) 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”?

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