He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;

When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.

and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.

Say to Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.”