22 So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.
21 w “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 (x referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to y human precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in z promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are a of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
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