⁹ For the entire fullness^(A) of God’s nature^[a] dwells bodily^[b] in Christ, ¹⁰ and you have been filled by Him, who is the head^(B) over every ruler and authority. ¹¹ You were also circumcised in Him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh,^(C) in the circumcision of the Messiah.^{[c](D) 12} Having been buried with Him^(E) in baptism, you were also raised with Him^(F) through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.^{(G) 13} And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him and forgave us all our trespasses. ¹⁴ He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out of the way by nailing it to the cross.^{(H) 15} He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; He triumphed over them by Him.^[d](I)