Colossians 2:7-15

New International Version

⁷ rooted^(A) and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,^(B) and overflowing with thankfulness.

⁸ See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,^(C) which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces^[a] of this world^(D) rather than on Christ.

⁹ For in Christ all the fullness^(E) of the Deity lives in bodily form, ¹⁰ and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head^(F) over every power and authority.^{(G) 11} In him you were also circumcised^(H) with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh^[b](I) was put off when you were circumcised by^[c] Christ, ¹² having been buried with him in baptism,^(J) in which you were also raised with him^(K) through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.^(L)

¹³ When you were dead in your sins^(M) and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you^[d] alive^(N) with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,^{(O) 14} having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness,^(P) which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.^{(Q) 15} And having disarmed the powers and authorities,^(R) he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them^(S) by the cross.^[e]