1 Christ is the testimony true
Of God in essence and in deed;
God's glory He has fully shown,
And we in Him God's nature read.
2 His testimony is more full
Than was the witness of the law,
Which only God in letter showed,
And not in endless living pow'r.
3 The fulness of the Godhead dwells
In Him, His very element;
God's full embodiment is He —
A vessel, God the resident.
4 The Father God He manifests;
God's glorious features He displays;
In Him consummately are seen
The Father's heart and all His ways.
5 Christ as the Spirit now has come
That He our portion be fore'er;
In spirit we partake of Him
And all God's being fully share.