Ephesians 4:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 68:18 : 18 You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.
  • Col 2:15 : 15 Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.
  • 1 Sam 30:26 : 26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the goods to the responsible men of Judah, and to his friends, saying, Here is an offering for you from the goods of those who were fighting against the Lord;

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    9 (Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?

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    12 For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

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    18 You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.

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    7 But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.

  • Eph 1:19-22
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    19 And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,

    20 By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven,

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    9 For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;

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    5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),

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    7 That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus:

    8 Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

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    13 And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;

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    1 And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,

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    8 You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now.

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    33 And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.

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    6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

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