²³ which is his body, the fulness of Him who is filling the all in all,

²⁴ I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,

¹² unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,

¹⁸ And himself is the head of the body -- the assembly -- who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all `things' -- himself -- first,

¹⁹ because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,

¹² For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also `is' the Christ,

¹³ for also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,

¹⁴ for also the body is not one member, but many;

¹⁵ if the foot may say, `Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body;' it is not, because of this, not of the body;

¹⁶ and if the ear may say, `Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body;' it is not, because of this, not of the body?

¹⁷ If the whole body `were' an eye, where the hearing? if the whole hearing, where the smelling?

¹⁸ and now, God did set the members each one of them in the body, according as He willed,

¹⁹ and if all were one member, where the body?

²⁰ and now, indeed, `are' many members, and one body;

²¹ and an eye is not able to say to the hand, `I have no need of thee;' nor again the head to the feet, `I have no need of you.'

²² But much more the members of the body which seem to be more infirm are necessary,

²³ and those that we think to be less honourable of the body, around these we put more abundant honour, and our unseemly things have seemliness more abundant,

²⁴ and our seemly things have no need; but God did temper the body together, to the lacking part having given more abundant honour,

²⁵ that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same anxiety for one another,

²⁶ and whether one member doth suffer, suffer with `it' do all the members, or one member is glorified, rejoice with `it' do all the members;

²⁷ and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

¹¹ where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman -- but the all and in all -- Christ.

⁹ because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

¹⁰ and ye are in him made full, who is the head of all principality and authority,

²³ because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ `is' head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

²⁴ but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also `are' the wives to their own husbands in everything.

²⁵ The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

²⁶ that he might sanctify it, having cleansed `it' with the bathing of the water in the saying,

²⁷ that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

²⁸ so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love;

²⁹ for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord -- the assembly,

³⁰ because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;

³¹ `for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;'

³² this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

¹⁰ he who went down is the same also who went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things --

¹⁹ to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled -- to all the fulness of God;

¹⁶ and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace;

¹⁵ and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

⁴ one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

¹⁶ and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it,

²⁸ and when the all things may be subjected to him, then the Son also himself shall be subject to Him, who did subject to him the all things, that God may be the all in all.

⁶ and there are diversities of workings, and it is the same God -- who is working the all in all.