According to Colossians, what is Christ's relationship to the church?

• A. The cornerstone of the temple.
• B. The head of the body, the church.
• C. The ultimate prophet.
• D. He is merely a servant.

Answer: (B)

Christ is the head of the church, the body. In Colossians, Paul highlights Jesus’s supremacy and shows that the church lives and functions under his leadership. The phrase “head of the body, the church” makes clear that life, direction, and unity flow from Christ; believers are connected to him through faith and grow as the body carries out his will. This head-over-body image captures the relational and functional leadership Jesus has—he guides, nourishes, and holds the church together. While other biblical images exist in the New Testament, Colossians centers this particular relationship on Christ’s authority over the church, not simply calling him a cornerstone, nor reducing him to a prophet or merely a servant.