Colossians 2:8 Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits of the world, and not after Messiah. cr 9 For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily, cr 10 and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power. cr 11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Messiah, cr 12 having been buried with him in immersion, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. cr 13 You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, cr