¹² to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ^(A) may be built up^(B)

¹⁵ Instead, speaking the truth in love,^(A) we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head,^(B) that is, Christ.

²³ For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,^(A) his body, of which he is the Savior.