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

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