Catholic Public Domain Version
"Now that he has ascended, what is left except for him also to descend, first to the lower parts of the earth? "
— Ephesians 4:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?”
“(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth? ”
“Now this, "He ascended," what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?”
“Now what is the meaning of“he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?”
“Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?”
“(Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?”
“(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?”
one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
Yet to each one of us there has been given grace according to the measure allotted by Christ.
Because of this, he says: “Ascending on high, he took captivity itself captive; he gave gifts to men.”
Now that he has ascended, what is left except for him also to descend, first to the lower parts of the earth?
He who descended is the same one who also ascended above all the heavens, so that he might fulfill everything.
And the same one granted that some would be Apostles, and some Prophets, yet truly others evangelists, and others pastors and teachers,
for the sake of the perfection of the saints, by the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ,