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I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. (v. 24)

And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him. (vs 21-22)

"But I am among you as one who serves." (v. 27b)

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. (vs 15-16)

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. (vs 1-2)

"For my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them." (vs 55-56)

For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you… (v. 9a)