And He is the head of the body, the ekklesia: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence.

And He is the head of the body, the ekklesia, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

He is also head of the body, the ekklesia; and He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; so that He Himself might come to have first place in everything.

And He is the head of the body, the ekklesia; He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything He might have the supremacy.

He also is the Head of [His] body, the ekklesia; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent].

And He Himself is the Head of His Body, the Ekklesia. He is the originator [i.e., the creator], the firstborn out from among the dead, in order that He might become in all things Himself the One who is pre-eminent.

And now He is the head of the Body which is the Ekklesia. He is the Beginning, the first to be born from the dead, which gives Him pre-eminence over all things.

Yes, He is the Head of the ekklesia as His body. For He is the beginning, the first-born among the dead, so that He alone should stand first in everything.

1. Answers to Questions About Churchianity vs. the Church - Jim Baumgaertel/Neil Girrard
2. Assembling Together; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
3. Ekklesia - A Word Study - Neil Girrard
4. The Importance of Christ - Neil Girrard
5. 11. Organization: Necessary and Dangerous (Part 3) ; The “Church” Paradigm (a la Tozer) - Neil Girrard
6. The Poor, the Crippled, the Blind and the Lame - Neil Girrard
7. 14. The Responsibility of Leadership (Part 1); The “Church” Paradigm (a la Tozer) - Neil Girrard
8. Seven / Twenty-One / Five-Twenty B.C. (Part 1); “Building the Temple” - Neil Girrard
9. A Tangled Web - Neil Girrard
10. The Will of God - Neil Girrard
11. The Work of the Wilderness - Neil Girrard

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