For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life(A) so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.(B)

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For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

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11 It is written:

“‘As surely as I live,’(A) says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
    every tongue will acknowledge God.’”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:11 Isaiah 45:23

11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:9 Or the depths of the earth

(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

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10 He who descended is the very one who ascended(A) higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)(B)

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10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

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13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth(A) and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:

“To him who sits on the throne(B) and to the Lamb(C)
    be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”(D)

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13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

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