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13 No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man[a] has come down from heaven.

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  1. 3:13 Some manuscripts add who lives in heaven. “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.

13 No one has ever gone into heaven(A) except the one who came from heaven(B)—the Son of Man.[a](C)

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  1. John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven

Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?
    Who holds the wind in his fists?
Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?
    Who has created the whole wide world?
What is his name—and his son’s name?
    Tell me if you know!

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Who has gone up(A) to heaven and come down?
    Whose hands(B) have gathered up the wind?
Who has wrapped up the waters(C) in a cloak?(D)
    Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name,(E) and what is the name of his son?
    Surely you know!

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38 For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will.

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38 For I have come down from heaven(A) not to do my will but to do the will(B) of him who sent me.(C)

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34 For David himself never ascended into heaven, yet he said,

‘The Lord said to my Lord,
    “Sit in the place of honor at my right hand

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34 For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,

“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
    “Sit at my right hand

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18 No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God,[a] is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.

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  1. 1:18 Some manuscripts read But the one and only Son.

18 No one has ever seen God,(A) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[a](B) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

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  1. John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who

47 Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven.

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47 The first man was of the dust of the earth;(A) the second man is of heaven.(B)

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Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God.

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Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power,(A) and that he had come from God(B) and was returning to God;

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But faith’s way of getting right with God says, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will go up to heaven?’ (to bring Christ down to earth).

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But the righteousness that is by faith(A) says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”[a](B) (that is, to bring Christ down)

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  1. Romans 10:6 Deut. 30:12

Notice that it says “he ascended.” This clearly means that Christ also descended to our lowly world.[a] 10 And the same one who descended is the one who ascended higher than all the heavens, so that he might fill the entire universe with himself.

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  1. 4:9 Some manuscripts read to the lower parts of the earth.

(What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[a]? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended(A) higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)(B)

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  1. Ephesians 4:9 Or the depths of the earth

62 Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again?

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62 Then what if you see the Son of Man(A) ascend to where he was before!(B)

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31 “He has come from above and is greater than anyone else. We are of the earth, and we speak of earthly things, but he has come from heaven and is greater than anyone else.[a]

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  1. 3:31 Some manuscripts do not include and is greater than anyone else.

31 The one who comes from above(A) is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth.(B) The one who comes from heaven is above all.

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46 (Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was sent from God, have seen him.)

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46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;(A) only he has seen the Father.

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42 They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”

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42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,(A) whose father and mother we know?(B) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”(C)

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