Ephesians 4:8-12

New American Standard Bible

⁸ Therefore ^[a]it says,

⁹ (Now this expression, “He ^(C)ascended,” what ^[b]does it mean except that He also ^[c]had descended into ^(D)the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is Himself also He who ascended ^(E)far above all the heavens, so that He might ^(F)fill all things.) ¹¹ And He ^(G)gave ^(H)some as apostles, some as prophets, some as ^(I)evangelists, some as ^[d]pastors and ^(J)teachers, ^12 (K)for the equipping of the ^[e]saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of ^(L)the body of Christ;