¹⁸ And he is the head^(A) of the body, the church;^(B) he is the beginning and the firstborn^(C) from among the dead,^(D) so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ,^(A) and each one of you is a part of it.^(B)

¹² to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ^(A) may be built up^(B)