Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Ver. 23. And neglecting of the body] Gr. αφειδεια. Not sparing of it, as the old and new Baalites, these Flagellantes; and those also among us (good otherwise), that pinch their bodies too much with penury or excessive fasting, are blameworthy. The body is the soul's servant, and that it may be Par negotio, neither supra nor infra negotium, it must have due honour and nourishment.