²⁷ Now you are ^(A)Christ’s body, and ^(B)individually members of it.

^12 (A)for the equipping of the ^[a]saints for the work of service, to the building up of ^(B)the body of Christ;

¹⁸ He is also ^(A)head of ^(B)the body, the church; and He is ^(C)the beginning, ^(D)the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

^24 (A)Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh ^(B)I ^[a]do my share on behalf of ^(C)His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking ^[b]in Christ’s afflictions.