然而,我们每一个人都按照基督恩赐的尺度被赐予了恩典。 所以经上说:

他升上高天的时候,掳掠了俘虏,
把各样的恩惠赐给了人。[a]

那么“他升上”这话是什么意思呢?难道不也是说[b]他曾降到地的低层[c]吗?

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Footnotes

  1. 以弗所书 4:8 《诗篇》68:18。
  2. 以弗所书 4:9 有古抄本附“首先”。
  3. 以弗所书 4:9 地的低层——或译作“地上更低微的地方”。

But to each one of us(A) grace(B) has been given(C) as Christ apportioned it. This is why it[a] says:

“When he ascended on high,
    he took many captives(D)
    and gave gifts to his people.”[b](E)

(What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]?

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:8 Or God
  2. Ephesians 4:8 Psalm 68:18
  3. Ephesians 4:9 Or the depths of the earth