Ephesians 4:10

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“He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.”

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BSBPD

“He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“he who went down is the same also who went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ephesians 4:10 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 24:34Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
  2. Luke 24:44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
  3. John 1:16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
  4. John 19:24So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.
  5. John 19:28After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
  6. John 19:36Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
  7. Acts 1:9After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
  8. Acts 1:11“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
  9. Acts 2:33Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
  10. Acts 3:18But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
  11. Acts 13:32And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers
  12. Romans 9:25As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
  13. Romans 15:9so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”
  14. Romans 16:25Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
  15. Ephesians 1:20which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
  16. Ephesians 3:19of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
  17. Colossians 1:19For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,
  18. Colossians 2:9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
  19. 1 Timothy 3:16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
  20. Hebrews 4:14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
  21. Hebrews 7:26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
  22. Hebrews 8:1The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
  23. Hebrews 9:23So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

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