14. and wiping away the handwriting of the decree which was against us, which was contrary to us. And he has taken this away from your midst, affixing it to the Cross.
15. And so, despoiling principalities and powers, he has led them away confidently and openly, triumphing over them in himself.
16. Therefore, let no one judge you as concerns food or drink, or a particular feast day, or feast days of new moons, or of Sabbaths.
17. For these are a shadow of the future, but the body is of Christ.
18. Let no one seduce you, preferring base things and a religion of Angels, walking according to what he has not seen, being vainly inflated by the sensations of his flesh,
19. and not holding up the head, with which the whole body, by its underlying joints and ligaments, is joined together and grows with an increase that is of God.
20. So then, if you have died with Christ to the influences of this world, why do you still make decisions as if you were living in the world?
21. Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle these things,
22. which all lead to destruction by their very use, in accord with the precepts and doctrines of men.
23. Such ideas have at least an intention to attain to wisdom, but through superstition and debasement, not sparing the body, and they are without any honor in satiating the flesh.