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Each one of us has received a special gift in proportion to what Christ has given. (A)As the scripture says,

“When he went up to the very heights,
    he took many captives with him;
    he gave gifts to people.”

Now, what does “he went up” mean? It means that first he came down to the lowest depths of the earth.[a]

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  1. Ephesians 4:9 the lowest depths of the earth; or the lower depths, the earth itself.

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