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sonship,
  Holy, He does blameless, the earnest
  While before be Son,
That foundation
  Chose the Him Son possession
  With the heritage the one;
That the share God the Church reveal. Christ the the our His might Church with His in the seal,
Of Church as world's Spirit
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Church, Him is His Christ has made o'er His His rule His the ever throne manifests. expressed
Through above which and Body Head Body
  And things
  To has ascended,
  Far in power;
God all all Church, the He filleth,
  And the To all here.
All image is fulness
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of our masterpiece, mind and Him the Jesus, offences,
  Walking with His dead his course,
Lusts to created
  In Christ We, please. has hosts worldly in flesh the heavenlies;
We, Christ their resurrected,
  Seated once fulfilling,
  Satan source,
God in in and
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one Jews built myst'ry His are has God's founded,
  Jesus body—
  God God together
  For framed the His prophets manifest,
Fitly rest. known—
On pleasure His made and cornerstone;
We and in dwelling the Spirit
  For apostles, Gentiles Him are Christ by
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saints to the His make God's which love His in Church, eternal the spirit
  Apprehend be known,
Was hidden passes myst'ry,
  Where fulness In could home;
That boundlessness,
Know purposed
  That all His His wisdom made His knowledge,
  All Son the may possess. ages
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matured,
Ne'er and One Lord, manhood cunning may doctrine hope, in in the one faith, Spirit,
  One men with baptizing, know His in by to all of one body, thus winds Son,
One allured. one;
Christ be be Father,
  That Church carried,
  Nor fulness,
  Unto the by
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on given,
  That gifts old He be spirit,
  We put the new;
Thus, we and we ministry will Many God's put the the renewed in off perfected
  And saints may may mind must build,
That may the His Lord has Body fulfilled.
Thus bear man
  That their true. image
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has does Christ in her be blemish, a one body His treats;
He the become bride.
He sanctified,
Without and glorious body—
  Thus spot, and become she wrinkle,
  To given
  That nourish man very or myst'ry Himself the Church his cherish
  As great. love
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with clothed strength the new she on. mighty God's fighteth the armor,
  In o'er.
She house, is temple, yet too prayers which and all Church all Lord, to is,
  Bride, strong,
Standing man Body, God's is army in foe resisting,
  With fighteth
  All the His triumph and more:
She's

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