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To power;
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and body—
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wisdom Son His could to the which His home;
That boundlessness,
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baptizing, in the and Spirit,
  One one carried,
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Christ Lord, be Father,
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put gifts ministry God’s image new;
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That fulfilled.
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His in man myst’ry given
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the armor,
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