³ (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly,^[a] holding to ^(A)the tradition of ^(B)the elders,

¹⁴ And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely ^(A)zealous was I for ^(B)the traditions of my fathers.

⁸ See to it that no one takes you captive by ^(A)philosophy and ^(B)empty deceit, according to ^(C)human tradition, according to the ^(D)elemental spirits^[a] of the world, and not according to Christ.