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

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