There is (A)one body and (B)one Spirit—just as you were called to the one (C)hope that belongs to your call— (D)one Lord, (E)one faith, (F)one baptism, (G)one God and Father of all, (H)who is over all and through all and in all. But (I)grace was given (J)to each one of us (K)according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it says,

(L)“When he ascended on high (M)he led a host of captives,
    and he gave gifts to men.”[a]

((N)In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into (O)the lower regions, the earth?[b] 10 He who descended is the one who also (P)ascended (Q)far above all the heavens, that he might (R)fill all things.)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:8 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
  2. Ephesians 4:9 Or the lower parts of the earth?

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