²³ Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

¹² For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

¹⁸ And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

²⁴ Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: