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

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