Colossians 2:9-12 - All the fullness of the deity

2:9,10

“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form”, so no other teaching can possibly have anything to offer. For everything of God is to be found in Christ. Moreover, “in Christ you have been brought to fullness”. There is nothing that any other teaching can offer. Everything is in Christ,and everything  we need or could want is in Christ. “He is the head over every power and authority”. Nothing can threaten us, for Christ is over every power and authority.

2:11

As well as the gnostic type threats and temptations, the Judaising element  said they needed to be circumcised. But in Christ  we were “circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands”. This circumcision was more complete, for our whole self was put off, for it is our whole self that was ruled by the flesh. Something more drastic than physical circumcision was needed.

2:12

And in Christ that something more drastic was performed. Through baptism we were buried with Him, we were united with Him in His death. And we were raised  with Him "through the working of God, who raised HIm from the dead.” We have everything in Christ.