¹² It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven^(A) to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”^(B)

³⁴ For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,

⁶ But the righteousness that is by faith^(A) says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”^[a](B) (that is, to bring Christ down)

⁹ (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions^[a]?