the before foundation God world’s

C597 CB823 E823 G823 K597 R559 T823
1
does the Church Christ the share in His before the the with earnest
  While Church one;
That the blameless, the Spirit heritage reveal. seal,
Of might the the possession
  With Church world’s be He His foundation
  Chose as Son sonship,
  Holy, Son,
That our the God Him
2
expressed
Through and ascended,
  Far To Body image throne the rule all Him the above things
  To which in His power;
God Christ made the fulness Church, all is here.
All His manifests. He Head His ever has Body
  And His filleth,
  And is o’er all has Church,
3
has hosts worldly in offences,
  Walking in course,
Lusts our the Christ flesh please. resurrected,
  Seated the in masterpiece, their We, to and dead Jesus, created
  In of with mind his His source,
God Him and heavenlies;
We, Christ fulfilling,
  Satan once
4
God’s His His manifest,
Fitly are by known—
On the His myst’ry made the Jews Spirit
  For body—
  God dwelling and rest. prophets built founded,
  Jesus has together
  For and Gentiles cornerstone;
We apostles, one framed in Him pleasure are Christ God
5
passes made possess. Son home;
That His His may make all love the could the boundlessness,
Know ages in hidden purposed
  That fulness In which saints spirit
  Apprehend His God’s Church, wisdom be to eternal myst’ry,
  Where His knowledge,
  All the known,
Was His
6
one cunning in one manhood His to body, matured,
Ne’er hope, in allured. One baptizing, be Son,
One by with fulness,
  Unto may men by Lord, in doctrine Father,
  That all one;
Christ carried,
  Nor winds know Church of Spirit,
  One the be and faith, thus the
7
He may man
  That Many true. be fulfilled.
Thus put perfected
  And God’s Lord on off the image put their renewed ministry must may has build,
That may mind the we the the new;
Thus, will given,
  That bear Body gifts old spirit,
  We in and saints His we
8
spot, body cherish
  As Christ wrinkle,
  To great. His be a and has love blemish, man one bride.
He treats;
He Himself her become nourish she given
  That become myst’ry in very body—
  Thus sanctified,
Without and Church glorious his does or the the
9
God’s God’s temple, His mighty all resisting,
  With triumph prayers in the Body, man the clothed new all Lord, the foe yet house, army strong,
Standing too on. to and which is she and more:
She’s armor,
  In is with fighteth strength Church is,
  Bride, fighteth
  All o’er.
She

Copyright Living Stream Ministry. Used by permission.