¹⁸ He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he^[a] might be pre-eminent.

Paul’s Interest in the Colossians

²⁴ Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking^[a] in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,