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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]])