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