Answer: Christ's body is the church, (verse
23).
MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
See all of the Scripture references in a. and b.
above.
Colossians 1:24: "Now I rejoice in
what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still
lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of HIS
BODY, WHICH IS THE CHURCH."