Colossians 2:20-23 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of the world, then why, as though you still lived in harmony with the world, do you submit yourselves to its rules, such as:

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of the world, [then] why, as though you [still] lived in [harmony with] the world, do you submit yourselves to [its] rules, [such as]: ²¹ “Do not handle [this]; do not taste [that]; do not touch [those things]?” ²² (All these things [i.e., the things handled, tasted or touched] are destined to perish with [constant] use). [These rules are] based on the commands and teachings of men. ²³ They certainly have an appearance of wisdom, [displaying] self-prescribed worship and [false] humility and asceticism, but they lack any value in curbing the desires of the physical passions.