Colossians 2:6–14

Alive in Christ

^6hTherefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, ⁷ⁱrooted and ^jbuilt up in him and ^kestablished in the faith, just ^las you were taught, abounding ^min thanksgiving.

⁸See to it that no one takes you captive by ⁿphilosophy and ^oempty deceit, according to ^phuman tradition, according to the ^qelemental spirits¹ of the world, and not according to Christ. ⁹For ^rin him the whole fullness of deity dwells ^sbodily, ¹⁰and ^tyou have been filled in him, who is ^uthe head of all rule and authority. ¹¹In him also ^vyou were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by ^wputting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, ^12xhaving been buried with him in baptism, in which ^yyou were also raised with him through faith in ^zthe powerful working of God, ^zwho raised him from the dead. ^13aAnd you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God ^bmade alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, ¹⁴by ^ccanceling ^dthe record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.