^{18 Ref} Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

^{19 Ref} and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.

^{20 Ref} If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

^{21 Ref} "Don't handle, nor taste, nor touch"

^{22 Ref} (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

^{23 Ref} Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren't of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.