and he is the head of the body, the church: and he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might be preeminent;

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up what remains of my sufferings for Christ in my flesh for the sake of his body, which is the church,

Salute the brethren in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in his house.

And when this letter has been read among you, cause that it be read in the church of the Laodiceans also; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea;