῞α ἐστιν πάντα εἰς φθορὰν τῇ ἀποχρήσει.
Renewal 1960. He sets aside, by a twofold argument, the enactments of which he has made mention — because they make religion consist in things outward and frail, which have no connection with the spiritual kingdom of God; and secondly, because they are from men, not from God. too common in the church, and is the result of superstitious indolence and vanity. Rather than being the means towards spiritual maturity and a closer walk with God, man-made procedures and practices, like "do not touch" and "do not taste", together with the worship of angels; obligatory attendance at certain festivals; Sabbath days rules or new moons regulations are legalistic practices that will only place us back in bondage. First. The words should be included in brackets.— κατὰ τὰ ἐντὰλματα καὶ διδασκαλίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων: to be taken with δογματίζεσθε.
After the commandments and doctrines ( κατὰ τὰ ἐντάλματα καὶ διδασκαλίας ). Meaning either the ordinances concerning touching, tasting, and handling, which bring destruction and death on them that use them, and comply with them, in order to obtain righteousness and life; for instead of enjoying salvation through them, they were the cause of damnation to them. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/geb/colossians-2.html. Colossians 2:22-23 New International Version (NIV). For abuse is properly applicable to those things which are corrupted by the use of them. They are intended for this destiny- ἐστίν εἰς-exist for it; God created them to be consumed, and they meet this destiny by being used to the full- ἀπο-used to the complete satisfaction of appetite.
Are to perish - `are (constituted by their very nature) for perishing [ fthoran (Greek #5356), destruction by corruption] in their using up' [consumption: apochreesei (Greek #671)]. the following of them, and φθορά (comp. See Colossians 2:22 with its adjacent verses in bold below. Which all are to perish with the using Meaning either the ordinances concerning touching, tasting, and handling, which bring destruction and death on them that use them, and comply with them, in order to obtain righteousness and life; for instead of enjoying salvation through them, they were the cause of damnation to them. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfu/colossians-2.html. Both answer to the rudiments of the world (Colossians 2:20). Copyright � Broadman Press 1932,33, Renewal 1960. Literally, “are for perishing in the using.” Πτορα Phthora (from πτειρω phtheirō) is old word for decay, decomposition. According to this interpretation, Colossians 2:21 should be regarded as expressing the common maxim of the Jewish teachers, and the clause before us as the words of the apostle, and should be marked as a parenthesis. New York, USA.
as a parenthetical judgment, the ἅ is to be referred to the prohibitions, ἀποχρ.
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"Commentary on Colossians 2:22". - These words should follow the 20th verse, of which they form a part; and it appears from them that the apostle is here speaking of the traditions of the elders, and the load of cumbrous ceremonies which they added to the significant rites prescribed by Moses. Nothing was permanent about them. For whatever is of human invention does not bind conscience.”. After - according to Colossians 2:20-21. For [1] both there and here it is a question of insistence on dietary laws (perhaps the washings in Mark 7:3-5 also include the thought of μηδὲ θίγῃς); [2] The destruction of foods by the natural processes of their consumption furnishes the same argument as to their unimportance; [3] This is connected with the same blame for being led by the precepts of men based on Isaiah 29:13. It will therefore be best read in a parenthesis. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bnb/colossians-2.html. But it must be rejected. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ice/colossians-2.html. Copyright © 2019, GodTube.com. But, according to others, who likewise regard ἅ … ἀποχρ. λ. Much more is needed to be right with God than merely "not doing something". BibliographyGill, John. The false teachers say these must not be even touched and yet in their very use they perish! 1871-8. This site is a proud member of the Salem Web Network, a subsidiary of