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.

²² And ^(A)He put all things under His feet, and gave Him ^(B)to be head over all things to the church, ^23 (C)which is His body, ^(D)the fullness of Him ^(E)who fills all in all.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, ^(A)the faithful ^(B)witness, the ^(C)firstborn from the dead, and ^(D)the ruler over the kings of the earth.

To Him ^(E)who ^[a]loved us ^(F)and washed us from our sins in His own blood,

The Last Enemy Destroyed

²⁰ But now ^(A)Christ is risen from the dead, and has become ^(B)the firstfruits of those who have ^[a]fallen asleep. ²¹ For ^(C)since by man came death, ^(D)by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. ²² For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall ^(E)be made alive. ²³ But ^(F)each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.

¹⁵ but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the ^(A)head—Christ— ^16 (B)from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

^23 (A)that the Christ would suffer, ^(B)that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and ^(C)would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

¹⁸ And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ^(A)“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

³ But I want you to know that ^(A)the head of every man is Christ, ^(B)the head of woman is man, and ^(C)the head of Christ is God.