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

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