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Ephesians 4:8 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 4 · verse 8
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.Ephesians 4:8 · King James Version
Ephesians 4:8 in context
6One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
7But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
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Key words (Strong's)
- captivityaichmalōteuōto make captive, take captive, captureG162 →
- ascendedanabainōascend, to go up, to rise, mount, be borne up, spring upG305 →
- captiveaichmalōsiacaptivityG161 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- giftsdomaa giftG1390 →
- highhypsosheight, of measurement, of place, heaven, metaph. rank, high stationG5311 →
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Here the apostle proceeds to more particular exhortations. Two he enlarges upon in this chapter: - To unity an love, purity and holiness, which Christians should very much study. We do not walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we are called if we be not faithful friends to all Christians, and sworn enemies to all sin.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 2-16