Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
Parallel translations
- WEB (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
- BSB These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.
- NKJV which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men?
- NASB (which all refer to things destined to perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of man?
- NLT Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them.
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Quick answer
These rules concern things that perish with use and rest only on human commands. They carry no lasting spiritual authority.
Overview
The forbidden items 'perish with use'—they are temporary, physical things, not matters of the heart. The regulations come 'according to the precepts and doctrines of men,' echoing Jesus' rebuke of human traditions elevated over God's word. What merely originates with people cannot bind the conscience or save.
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- Isa 29:13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
- Titus 1:14Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
- 1 Cor 6:13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
- Mark 7:18–19And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
- Mark 7:7–13Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
- Matt 15:3–9But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
- John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- Rev 17:18And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
- Isa 29:18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
- Dan 11:37Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
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