Ephesians 4:9-11

The Voice

⁹ (Well, when it says “He ascended,” then that must mean that He had descended earlier to the lower levels, that is, to the earth. ¹⁰ The One who descended is the same One who rose from the dead to ascend far above all the heavens so that He could fill all things.)

¹¹ It was the risen One who handed down to us such gifted leaders—some emissaries,^[a] some prophets, some evangelists, as well as some pastor-teachers—