8. That’s why the Scriptures say:“When he went to the highest place,he took captive those who had captured usand gave gifts to people.”
9. Now what does it mean that he went up except that he also had gone down to the lowest parts of the earth?
10. The one who had gone down also went up above all the heavens so that he fills everything.
11. He also gave apostles, prophets, missionaries, as well as pastors and teachers as gifts ⌊to his church⌋.