24aNow I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh bI do my share on behalf of cHis body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions.
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Colossians 1:18
Colossians 1
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He is also ahead of bthe body, the church; and He is cthe beginning, dthe firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.