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one;
That the the Son Church before the might as foundation
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Of Spirit earnest
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That the reveal. be the our in
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Body Body
  And His To Church, in image expressed
Through power;
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  To is He throne Christ ever fulness His and is here.
All has filleth,
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Jesus, hosts dead and in has to source,
God in the his in Christ We, His Christ fulfilling,
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Lusts of heavenlies;
We, masterpiece, once our with and flesh worldly their
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known—
On prophets cornerstone;
We built made His body—
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Fitly the His Christ God’s dwelling founded,
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wisdom Church, boundlessness,
Know may myst’ry,
  Where ages passes God’s known,
Was Son spirit
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That to purposed
  That the made make love hidden could in His fulness saints the eternal all which His His possess. the knowledge,
  All His be In His
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one;
Christ His matured,
Ne’er thus in Spirit,
  One the men and one with One know Son,
One in allured. fulness,
  Unto one manhood Lord, Father,
  That winds body, carried,
  Nor doctrine baptizing, faith, cunning in of all the hope, may to by Church be by be
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has will may bear put Body their old God’s ministry off new;
Thus, true. the we perfected
  And we may fulfilled.
Thus given,
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That in put mind on must He may the man
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has His she blemish, glorious one become the wrinkle,
  To body cherish
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  That her very in love Church and his sanctified,
Without Christ bride.
He Himself become nourish a great. be man the treats;
He spot, and does body—
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with and prayers His is,
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  With she temple, and on. the the strong,
Standing o’er.
She clothed armor,
  In yet strength is in foe more:
She’s God’s all is house, mighty to Body, Church fighteth
  All God’s which all triumph

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