23 that the Christ was to suffer+ and that as the first to be resurrected* from the dead,+ he was going to proclaim light both to this people and to the nations.”+

18 and he is the head of the body, the congregation.+ He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,+ so that he might become the one who is first in all things;

18 For Christ died once for all time for sins,+ a righteous person for unrighteous ones,+ in order to lead you to God.+ He was put to death in the flesh+ but made alive in the spirit.+