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because in Him dwells all the fullness of the Deity[a] bodily[b].

You Are Complete In Christ, With Whom You Have Been Buried And Raised Up

10 And in Him you are complete[c], Who is the head of all rule[d] and authority, 11 in Whom you also were circumcised with a circumcision not-done-by-human-hands, in[e] the taking-off [f] of the body[g] of the flesh in the circumcision of [h] Christ—

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:9 That is, the divine essence or nature. This is an abstract term for ‘God’.
  2. Colossians 2:9 That is, in bodily form, in a bodily manner.
  3. Colossians 2:10 That is, are in a state of completeness.
  4. Colossians 2:10 Or, every ruler.
  5. Colossians 2:11 Or, in connection with.
  6. Colossians 2:11 Or, removal.
  7. Colossians 2:11 the body of the flesh. This corresponds to the foreskin in the literal case.
  8. Colossians 2:11 That is, the spiritual circumcision belonging to Christ (Christian circumcision), or performed on our hearts by Christ.

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