New American Bible, Revised Edition

Colossians 2:20-23 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

20. If you died with Christ to the elemental powers of the world, why do you submit to regulations as if you were still living in the world?

21. “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”

22. These are all things destined to perish with use; they accord with human precepts and teachings.

23. While they have a semblance of wisdom in rigor of devotion and self-abasement [and] severity to the body, they are of no value against gratification of the flesh.