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23 lines
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## In him ##
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"In Jesus Christ"
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## you are ##
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"you, Colossian believers, are"
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## completely fulfilled ##
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"made complete"
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## God circumcised you... ##
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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]])
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## buried with him... ##
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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]])
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## raised up with him ##
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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]]) |