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Colossians 2:22

Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

KJV

ἅ ἐστιν πάντα εἰς φθορὰν τῇ ἀποχρήσει, κατὰ τὰ ἐντάλματα καὶ διδασκαλίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων;

Greek NT

quæ sunt omnia in interitum ipso usu, secundum præcepta et doctrinas hominum :

Vulgate

(all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?

ASV

Which all are unto destruction by the very use, according to the precepts and doctrines of men.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

διδασκαλία
didaskalia
noun · 21×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
φθορά
phthora
noun · 9×
ἀπόχρησις
apochresis
noun · 1×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἔνταλμα
entalma
noun · 3×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

That with respect to the commands and ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ, where the Scriptures are silent as to the express time or manner of performance, if any such there be, no human authority has power to interfere, in order to supply the supposed deficiency by making laws for the Church.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:13 — Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
  • Col 2:8 — Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
  • Col 2:23 — Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
  • Dan 11:37 — Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
  • Isa 29:13 — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the p
  • Isa 29:13 — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the p
  • Isa 29:18 — And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
  • John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
  • John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
  • Mark 7:7 — Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
  • Mark 7:7 — Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
  • Mark 7:18 — And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
  • Matt 15:3 — But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
  • Rev 17:18 — And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
  • Titus 1:14 — Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
  • Titus 1:14 — Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.