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translationWords
- en:tw:authority
- en:tw:baptize
- en:tw:circumcise
- en:tw:death
- en:tw:faith
- en:tw:god
- en:tw:head
- en:tw:power
- en:tw:raise
- en:tw:sin
translationNotes
- 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: en:ta:vol1: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:en:ta:vol1: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: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)