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

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