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In him
"In Jesus Christ"
you are
"you, Colossian believers, are"
completely fulfilled
"made complete"
God circumcised you...
This metaphor shows that God removed or took away a believer's sin in the same way as flesh is cut away or removed with a knife in circumcision. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
buried with him...
This metaphor describes how the old nature was put away forever at the time of salvation just as a physical body is put in the ground and covered with dirt when it dies. (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
raised up with him
This metaphor describes how believers are given a new nature just as a person who is raised from the dead is given life again. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)