¹⁹ and ^(A)not ^(B)holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

¹⁷ And ^(A)he is before all things, and in him all things ^(B)hold together. ¹⁸ And ^(C)he is the head of the body, the church. He is ^(D)the beginning, ^(E)the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. ¹⁹ For ^(F)in him all the ^(G)fullness of God was pleased to dwell, ²⁰ and ^(H)through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, ^(I)making peace ^(J)by the blood of his cross.

¹⁵ Rather, ^(A)speaking the truth in love, we are to ^(B)grow up in every way into him who is ^(C)the head, into Christ, ^16 (D)from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, ^(E)when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.