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For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.

And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,

so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only.

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

Give my greetings to the brothers at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.

And when this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.