before the God world's foundation

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

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