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Perishable Rules, Eternal Faith
Commentators unanimously explain that Paul's phrase 'all which things are to perish with the using' refers to things like food and drink. These items are temporary and have no lasting spiritual value. The takeaway is that Christian faith should not be centered on external rules about perishable items, but on the eternal reality of Christ.
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Colossians
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Albert Barnes
On Colossians 2:22
18th Century
Theologian
Which all are to perish with the using. This is commonly marked as a part of the parenthesis, or the quotation, and there is considerable …
AT Robertson
On Colossians 2:22
Are to perish with the using (εστιν εις φθοραν τη αποχρησε). Literally, "are for perishing in the using." Φθορα (from φθειρω) is o…
Charles Ellicott
On Colossians 2:22
19th Century
Bishop
Which all are to perish with the using.—It has been doubted whether these words (which are literally, all which things go to c…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Colossians 2:22
19th Century
Preacher
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers;
How much there is of that! Ho…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Colossians 2:22
(22a) Parenthetically, Paul adds that all such things are “destined to perish with use.” Dietary restrictions have to do with things made to be use…
John Calvin
On Colossians 2:22
16th Century
Theologian
All which things tend to corruption. He sets aside, by a twofold argument, the enactments he has mentioned—because they make religion cons…
John Gill
On Colossians 2:22
17th Century
Pastor
Which all are to perish with the using
Meaning either the ordinances concerning touching, tasting, and handling, whi…
Matthew Henry
On Colossians 2:18–23
17th Century
Minister
It looked like humility to appeal to angels, as if people were conscious of their unworthiness to speak directly to God. But it is not justifiable;…