8. See that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men and the basic principles of the world rather than Messiah.
9. For all the fullness of Deity lives bodily in Him,
10. and in Him you have been filled to fullness. He is the head over every ruler and authority.
11. In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision done not by hand, in the stripping away of the body of the flesh through the circumcision of Messiah.
12. You were buried along with Him in immersion, through which you also were raised with Him by trusting in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.