Colossians 2:19 Explained in Context

Verse 16. ¹⁶ Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Verse 17. ¹⁷ Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

Verse 18. ¹⁸ Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Verse 19. ¹⁹ And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

Verse 20. ²⁰ Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

Verse 21. ²¹ (Touch not; taste not; handle not;

Verse 22. ²² Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

Verse 23. 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.