Bible Verses About Union With Christ: As Head of the Church

Also, he has put all things under his feet and made him head over everything for the Messianic Community,

which is his body, the full expression of him who fills all creation.

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in every respect grow up into him who is the head, the Messiah.

Under his control, the whole body is being fitted and held together by the support of every joint, with each part working to fulfill its function; this is how the body grows and builds itself up in love.

Also he is head of the Body, the Messianic Community — he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might hold first place in everything.