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

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