Ephesians 4:9 — King James Version← Study notes
“(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?”
Ephesians 4:9 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Ephesians 4:916 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 4:9
“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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