⁵ so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another.

²³ which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.^(A)

¹² to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,^(A)

³⁰ because we are members of his body.^[a](A)

¹⁸ He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.^(A)

Paul’s Interest in the Colossians

²⁴ I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.