Ephesians 4:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

wherefore, he saith, `Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,' --

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 68:18 : 18 Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast taken captive captivity, Thou hast taken gifts for men, That even the refractory may rest, O Jah God.
  • Col 2:15 : 15 having stripped the principalities and the authorities, he made a shew of them openly -- having triumphed over them in it.
  • 1 Sam 30:26 : 26 And David cometh in unto Ziklag, and sendeth of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, (saying, `Lo, for you a blessing, of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah),'

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    9 and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?

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

    11 and He gave some `as' apostles, and some `as' prophets, and some `as' proclaimers of good news, and some `as' shepherds and teachers,

    12 unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,

  • Ps 68:18
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    18 Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast taken captive captivity, Thou hast taken gifts for men, That even the refractory may rest, O Jah God.

  • Eph 4:7
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    7 and to each one of you was given the grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ,

  • Eph 1:19-22
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    19 and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

    20 which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set `him' at His right hand in the heavenly `places',

    21 far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one;

    22 and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him -- head over all things to the assembly,

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    9 wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that `is' above every name,

  • Eph 2:5-8
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    5 even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)

    6 and did raise `us' up together, and did seat `us' together in the heavenly `places' in Christ Jesus,

    7 that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,

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  • Col 2:13-15
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    13 And you -- being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh -- He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses,

    14 having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

    15 having stripped the principalities and the authorities, he made a shew of them openly -- having triumphed over them in it.

  • Eph 2:1
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    1 Also you -- being dead in the trespasses and the sins,

  • Heb 2:8
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    8 all things Thou didst put in subjection under his feet,' for in the subjecting to him the all things, nothing did He leave to him unsubjected, and now not yet do we see the all things subjected to him,

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    33 at the right hand then of God having been exalted -- also the promise of the Holy Spirit having received from the Father -- he was shedding forth this, which now ye see and hear;

    34 for David did not go up to the heavens, and he saith himself: The Lord saith to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand,

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    6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

    7 in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

    8 in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

  • Eph 1:10
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    10 in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth -- in him;

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    27 for all things He did put under his feet, and, when one may say that all things have been subjected, `it is' evident that He is excepted who did subject the all things to him,

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  • Eph 1:3
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  • Eph 3:8
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  • Eph 2:17-18
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    17 and having come, he did proclaim good news -- peace to you -- the far-off and the nigh,

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    14 knowing that He who did raise up the Lord Jesus, us also through Jesus shall raise up, and shall present with you,

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    13 who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate `us' into the reign of the Son of His love,

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    15 and, being true in love, we may increase to Him `in' all things, who is the head -- the Christ;

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