NASB
"Therefore it says, "WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN.""
— Ephesians 4:8, NASB
“Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”
“Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men. ”
“Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."”
“Therefore it says,“When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.””
“Wherefore he saith: Ascending on high, he led captivity captive: he gave gifts to men.”
“For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.”
“Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift.
Therefore it says, "WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN."
(Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?
He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.)
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,