Ephesians 4:10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)

English Standard Version
He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

New American Standard Bible
He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.)

King James Bible
He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The One who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.

International Standard Version
The one who went down is the same one who went up above all the heavens so that all things would be fulfilled.

American Standard Version
He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that descended is the same also that ascended above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

Darby Bible Translation
He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;

Young's Literal Translation
he who went down is the same also who went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things --

Cross References

2 Corinthians 12:2
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

Ephesians 1:20
Which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all in all.

Hebrews 4:14
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

Hebrews 7:26
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

4:7-16 Unto every believer is given some gift of grace, for their mutual help. All is given as seems best to Christ to bestow upon every one. He received for them, that he might give to them, a large measure of gifts and graces; particularly the gift of the Holy Ghost. Not a mere head knowledge, or bare acknowledging Christ to be the Son of God, but such as brings trust and obedience. There is a fulness in Christ, and a measure of that fulness given in the counsel of God to every believer; but we never come to the perfect measure till we come to heaven. God's children are growing, as long as they are in this world; and the Christian's growth tends to the glory of Christ. The more a man finds himself drawn out to improve in his station, and according to his measure, all that he has received, to the spiritual good of others, he may the more certainly believe that he has the grace of sincere love and charity rooted in his heart.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. all heavens—Greek, "all the heavens" (Heb 7:26; 4:14), Greek, "passed through the heavens" to the throne of God itself.

might fill—In Greek, the action is continued to the present time, both "might" and "may fill," namely, with His divine presence and Spirit, not with His glorified body. "Christ, as God, is present everywhere; as glorified man, He can be present anywhere" [Ellicott].