before the world’s God foundation

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

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