1 

Freed from self and Adam's nature,

   Lord, I would be built by Thee

With the saints into Thy temple,

   Where Thy glory we shall see.

From peculiar traits deliver,

   From my independent ways,

That a dwelling place for Thee, Lord,

   We will be thru all our days.

 2 

By Thy life and by its flowing

   I can grow and be transformed,

With the saints coordinated,

   Builded up, to Thee conformed;

Keep the order in the Body,

   There to function in Thy will,

Ever serving, helping others,

   All Thy purpose to fulfill.

 3 

In my knowledge and experience

   I would not exalted be,

But submitting and accepting

   Let the Body balance me;

Holding fast the Head, and growing

   With His increase, in His way,

By the joints and bands supplying,

   Knit together day by day.

 4 

By Thy Spirit daily strengthened

   In the inner man with might,

I would know Thy love surpassing,

   Know Thy breadth and length and height;

Ever of Thy riches taking,

   Unto all Thy fulness filled,

Ever growing into manhood,

   That Thy Body Thou may build.

 5 

In God's house and in Thy Body

   Builded up I long to be,

That within this corporate vessel

   All shall then Thy glory see;

That Thy Bride, the glorious city,

   May appear upon the earth,

As a lampstand brightly beaming

   To express to all Thy worth.