Kolose 2:12

2:12 Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your ¹  faith in the power ²  of God who raised him from the dead.

Kolose 2:20

2:20 If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits ³  of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

[2:12]  ¹ tn The article with the genitive modifier τῆς πίστεως (th" pistew") is functioning as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[2:12]  ² tn The genitive τῆς ἐνεργείας (th" energeia") has been translated as an objective genitive, “faith in the power.”

[2:20]  ³ tn See the note on the phrase “elemental spirits” in 2:8.