The church is the product ofChrist’s resurrection, the result of the life dispensing. The church is altogether not natural, but purely a matter in resurrection.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions.
Symbol ofChrist's resurrection. ... Paul sums up the hope of the resurrection for us: "If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.