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

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