And He is the Head of the body, the church, who is the Beginning, the First-born from the dead, that He may be pre-eminent in all things.

who now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and I fill up the things lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, on behalf of His body, which is the church;

Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church in his house.

And when this letter is read before you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you also read the letter of Laodicea.