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

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