16  Therefore do not let anyone judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or of a new moon or of sabbaths,

16  Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day

16  Let no man therefore create a disturbance among you about eating and drinking, or about the division of the feast days, the beginning of the months and the day of the sabbath

17  which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ.

17  For these are a shadow of the future, but the body is of Christ.

17  These are shadows of things to come; but the main objective is Christ.

18  Let no one rule against you, desiring [to do so] in [false] humility and in worship of the angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, in vain being puffed up by his carnal mind,

19  and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, supported and joined together by joints and ligaments, grows with the growth of God.

19  That very person does not uphold the Head by which the whole body is constructed and stands with the joints and members; and grows through the discipline of God.

19  And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

20  If you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you submit to regulations-

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?

20  Therefore, if you have died with Christ and are apart from the principles of the world why then should you be doomed as though living in the world?

21  "Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch,"

21  Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle these things,

21  Touch not; taste not; handle not;

22  which things are all for corruption with the using, according to the commands and teaching of men?

22  (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?

22  For these things are customs which are changeable and they are the commandments and doctrines of men.

23  These things indeed have a reputation of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and severity [on the] body, but [are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

23  And it appears there is some word of wisdom in these things when presented by the humble person in fear of God; provided they disregard the things of the flesh, not those things which are honourable but only those things which satisfy the pleasure of the flesh.