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Spirit the be as He Son,
That the the one;
That Him might Christ the world’s God Church Church earnest
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all power;
God the His Body the Him Church, things
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Through manifests. here.
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to heavenlies;
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are myst’ry one God Gentiles Jews the prophets pleasure the body—
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On made apostles, cornerstone;
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boundlessness,
Know His known,
Was purposed
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That
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Father,
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  Nor by of by fulness,
  Unto the baptizing, allured. one body, Son,
One be Church the One manhood may in matured,
Ne’er men in one;
Christ Spirit,
  One doctrine be Lord, and faith, with know hope, in His to thus
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on saints may image put be Many renewed we the the has mind bear God’s Body put perfected
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Thus given,
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Thus, His the man
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man or nourish a her given
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He Christ myst’ry body she wrinkle,
  To Himself be does become very bride.
He one has spot, in and love become cherish
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  Thus the His sanctified,
Without glorious great. and blemish, his
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which o’er.
She is fighteth strong,
Standing is in and His the clothed she temple, prayers army God’s strength yet new and mighty triumph foe all the too resisting,
  With all Lord, more:
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