When He Ascended...

⁷But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. ⁸Therefore it says,

“When he ascended on high he led a host of captives,

and he gave gifts to men.”1

⁹(In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth?2 ¹⁰He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) ¹¹And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds3 and teachers,4 ¹²to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,