²⁷ Now ^(A)you are the body of Christ, and ^(B)members individually.

¹⁸ And ^(A)He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, ^(B)the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

²⁹ For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. ³⁰ For ^(A)we are members of His body, ^[a]of His flesh and of His bones.