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. |
And 2532 He 846 is 2076 the 3588 head 2776 of the 3588 body, 4983 the 3588 ekklesia: 1577 who 3739 is 2076 the beginning, 746 the firstborn 4416 from 1537 the 3588 dead; 3498 that 2443 in 1722 all 3956 things He 846 might have 1096 the preeminence. 4409 |
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