<p>2:22 <i>(All things that perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?</i>- The idea may simply be that all external things perish, food is touched, eaten and then perishes; whereas the work of the Spirit is in the heart and is permanent. The food laws concerned things which perished permanently; avoiding them was just a temporary way of avoiding legal infringements, whereas the work of the Spirit had permanent effect upon the heart. And it is the Spirit which will be experienced eternally in God&rsquo;s Kingdom. And in any case, the ordinances of Judaism in view here were &ldquo;of men&rdquo;, and not therefore the law of God. This is a pointed attack on the Jewish idea that the teachings of the Rabbis effectively became Divine law.</p>