Colossians 1:18
                                                                1:18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.
                                                Colossians 1:25
                                                                1:25 I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship
 from God – given to me for you – in order to complete
 the word of God,
                                                
Colossians 1:27
                                                                1:27 God wanted to make known to them the glorious
 riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
                                                
Colossians 2:20
                                                                2:20 If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?