[a]But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the [b]gift of Christ.

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended upon high, he led [c]captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

(Now, in that he ascended, what is it but that he had also descended first into the [d]lowest parts of the earth?

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:7 He teacheth us, that we indeed are all one body, and that all good gifts proceed from Christ only, who reigneth in heaven having mightily conquered all his enemies (from whence he heapeth all gifts upon his Church:) but yet notwithstanding these gifts are diversely and sundry ways divided according to his will and pleasure, and therefore every man ought to be content with that measure that God hath given him, and to bestow it to the common profit of the whole body.
  2. Ephesians 4:7 Which Christ hath given.
  3. Ephesians 4:8 A multitude of captives.
  4. Ephesians 4:9 Down to the earth, which is the lowest part of the world.

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