Colossians / Question
Colossians says believers were buried with Christ in baptism and raised with him through faith in God’s power Colossians 2:12. The same section describes God making them alive with Christ and forgiving their trespasses Colossians 2:13.
In Colossians 2:11–15, Paul explains what believers share in because they are “in” Christ. He uses bodily and social images—circumcision, burial, resurrection, cancellation of a hostile record, and a public victory parade—to describe a decisive change of state. This paragraph continues the claim that believers are made “full” in Christ and therefore do not need add-ons supplied by other authorities or practices (Colossians 2:9–10). Immediately before, Paul stresses Christ’s completeness and believers’ shared connection to him.
Paul explains Christ’s work as something believers share in because they are united with him (repeatedly: “with him”).
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Colossians 2:12, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
12having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.