en_tn_condensed/col/02/10.md

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)