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

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so in Christ we, though many, form one body,(A) and each member belongs to all the others.

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

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23 which is his body,(A) the fullness of him(B) who fills everything in every way.(C)

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

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. 5.30 Other ancient authorities add of his flesh and of his bones

30 for we are members of his body.(A)

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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)

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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.

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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.

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Paul’s Labor for the Church

24 Now I rejoice(A) in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions,(B) for the sake of his body, which is the church.(C)

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