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

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