A show of wisdom; an empty show without the reality. He then names three things in which this vain show is made.

Will - worship; of man's invention, not required of God.

Humility; a vain show of it. See note to verse Colossians 2:18.

Neglecting of the body; unsparing treatment of it by austerities of man's invention.

Not in any honor; meaning, according to some, while they refuse to bestow any honor on the body, but vilify it by their false severity towards it. But we may better understand the words as referring to all the preceding part of the verse, and describing the things named which have a show of wisdom as having in them no true honor towards God, but being, on the contrary, utterly worthless.

To the satisfying of the flesh; referring to all the preceding things, as having for their end not true holiness, but only the satisfying of the fleshly mind. Every thing which draws men away from Christ as the only foundation of human hope, or leads them to seek salvation in any way except through faith in him, tends to rob them of blessings which, by continued active faith and obedience, they would obtain.

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