5 Bible Verses about Church, Christ Authority Over

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the [chief] Cornerstone,

This precious value, then, is for you who believe [in Him as God’s only Son—the Source of salvation]; but for those who disbelieve,“The [very] stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief Cornerstone,”

for no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is [already] laid, which is Jesus Christ.

He is also the head [the life-source and leader] of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will occupy the first place [He will stand supreme and be preeminent] in everything.

and not holding fast to the head [of the body, Jesus Christ], from whom the entire body, supplied and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows with the growth [that can come only] from God.