“He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)”
He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill all things — the one who katabainō ('descended') is the same who anabainō ('ascended') huperanō ('far above') pantōn tōn ouranōn ('all the heavens'), his purpose: hina plēroō ('that he might fill') ta panta ('all things'), cosmic fulfillment through exaltation.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 4:10
“Now this, He ascended, what is it, but that He also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended, is the same also that ascended far above all the Heavens, that He might fill all things.” When you hear these words, think not of a mere removal from one place to another; for what Paul establishes in the Epistle to the Philippians Philippians 2:5-8, that very argument is he also insisting upon here. In the same way as there, when exhorting them concerning…
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