Faith in Jesus Christ will save your soul from sin and hell, and nothing else will. That is why the Bible warns you in Colossians Chapter 2, verses 4 and 8 to beware of the philosophies and traditions of man, and of the rudiments of this world, for they will lead you away from Jesus Christ and they will seek to strip you of your faith. If you do not have faith in Jesus Christ, then you have nothing. Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us. There are many things the world would have you believe, but there is only one correct answer, Jesus Christ.
All sin leads to death and the Bible says that all have sinned.
Therefore we can understand how it is that verse 13 here in the second chapter of Colossians speaks of being dead in your sins. The previous verses have helped us to understand the meaning of the word circumcision, so that now we understand this word is meant from a spiritual perspective. To be dead in sin is to be uncircumcised. To be dead in sin is to have no faith in Jesus Christ. Yet, if you have faith in the Son of God then the last part of verse 13 applies to you.