8 Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, 2:8 Mk 7:3 based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ. 2:8 1Tm 6:20
18 Let no one condemn 2:18 Or disqualify you 2:18 1Co 9:24; Php 3:14 by delighting in ascetic practices 2:18 Col 3:12 and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm. Such people are inflated 2:18 1Co 4:6 by empty notions of their unspiritual 2:18 Lit fleshly mind.
20 If you died with Christ 2:20 Rm 6:8; 1Pt 2:24 to the elements of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations: 21 "Don’t handle, don’t taste, don’t touch"? 22 All these regulations refer to what is destined to perish by being used up; they are human commands and doctrines. 23 Although these have a reputation for wisdom 2:23 Ac 7:22 by promoting self-made religion, false humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self-indulgence. 2:23 Lit value against indulgence of the flesh, 2:23 1Tm 4:8