Ephesians 1:23

God's Word

The church is Christ’s body and completes him as he fills everything in every way.

Cross References

John 1:16

Each of us has received one gift after another because of all that the Word is.

Romans 13:5

Therefore, it is necessary for you to obey, not only because you’re afraid of God’s anger but also because of your own conscience.

1 Corinthians 12:6

There are different types of work to do, but the same God produces every gift in every person.

1 Corinthians 15:28

But when God puts everything under Christ’s authority, the Son will put himself under God’s authority, since God had put everything under the Son’s authority. Then God will be in control of everything.

Ephesians 2:16

He also brought them back to God in one body by his cross, on which he killed the hostility.

Ephesians 3:10

He did this so that now, through the church, he could let the rulers and authorities in heaven know his infinite wisdom.

Ephesians 3:19

You will know Christ’s love, which goes far beyond any knowledge. I am praying this so that you may be completely filled with God.

Ephesians 4:10

The one who had gone down also went up above all the heavens so that he fills everything.

Ephesians 4:12

Their purpose is to prepare God’s people to serve and to build up the body of Christ.

Ephesians 4:13

This is to continue until all of us are united in our faith and in our knowledge about God’s Son, until we become mature, until we measure up to Christ, who is the standard.

Ephesians 4:4

There is one body and one Spirit. In the same way you were called to share one hope.

Colossians 1:24

I am happy to suffer for you now. In my body I am completing whatever remains of Christ’s sufferings. I am doing this on behalf of his body, the church.

Colossians 2:19

He doesn’t hold on to ⌞Christ,⌟ the head. Christ makes the whole body grow as God wants it to, through support and unity given by the joints and ligaments.

Colossians 3:11

Where this happens, there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, uncivilized person, slave, or free person. Instead, Christ is everything and in everything.

Colossians 3:15

Also, let Christ’s peace control you. God has called you into this peace by bringing you into one body. Be thankful.