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

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