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

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