2:20 If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits 1 of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world? 2:21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!” 2:22 These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are 2 on human commands and teachings. 3 2:23 Even though they have the appearance of wisdom 4 with their self-imposed worship and false humility 5 achieved by an 6 unsparing treatment of the body – a wisdom with no true value – they in reality result in fleshly indulgence. 7