Ephesians 4
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Ephesians 4:7-11

7But 1to each one of us 2grace was given 3according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8Therefore 4it says, “5When He ascended on high, He 6led captive the captives, And He gave gifts to people.” 9(Now this expression, “He 7ascended,” what 8does it mean except that He also 9had descended into 10the lower parts of the earth? 10He who descended is Himself also He who ascended 11far above all the heavens, so that He might 12fill all things.) 11And He 13gave 14some as apostles, some as prophets, some as 15evangelists, some as 16pastors and 17teachers,

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  1. 1. Ephesians 4:7 1 Cor 12:7, 11 ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 4:7 Eph 3:2 ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 4:7 Rom 12:3 ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 4:8 Or He ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 4:8 Ps 68:18 ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 4:8 Col 2:15 ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 4:9 John 3:13 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 4:9 Lit is it except ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 4:9 One early ms had first descended ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 4:9 Is 44:23 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 4:10 Eph 1:20f; Heb 4:14; 7:26 ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 4:10 Eph 1:23 ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 4:11 Eph 4:8 ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 4:11 Acts 13:1; 1 Cor 12:28 ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 4:11 Acts 21:8 ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 4:11 From Gr for shepherds ↩
  17. 17. Ephesians 4:11 Acts 13:1 ↩

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