A moment in scripture
Ephesians 4:8
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Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
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The surrounding passage
- Ephesians 4:6
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
- Ephesians 4:7
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
- Ephesians 4:9
(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
- Ephesians 4:10
He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.