In the world the life of the body revolves around the head, and its role in the unity of the body is particularly important. For example, Seneca describes the head, Caesar, as “the bond by which the commonwealth is united” (Clem. 1.4.1). For Paul, the head is also the source of unity, but only as the head acts in a manner that is very unheadlike, by not exerting power or privilege but rather doing the opposite.
