## 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]])