Colossians 2:6-13

6You received Christ Jesus the Lord, so continue to live as Christ’s people.

7Sink your roots in him and build on him. Be strengthened by the faith that you were taught, and overflow with thanksgiving.

8Be careful not to let anyone rob you ⌞of this faith⌟ through a shallow and misleading philosophy. Such a person follows human traditions and the world’s way of doing things rather than following Christ.

9All of God lives in Christ’s body,

10and God has made you complete in Christ. Christ is in charge of every ruler and authority.

11In him you were also circumcised. It was not a circumcision performed by human hands. But it was a removal of the corrupt nature in the circumcision performed by Christ.

12This happened when you were placed in the tomb with Christ through baptism. In baptism you were also brought back to life with Christ through faith in the power of God, who brought him back to life.

13You were once dead because of your failures and your uncircumcised corrupt nature. But God made you alive with Christ when he forgave all our failures.