Ephesians 4:11

The same. The descent was deep, but the ascent is higher than the depth would suggest (cf. Eph. 1:10, 20-23).

Above all heavens. Perhaps a figurative expression denoting the height of exaltation. The Jews spoke of seven heavens, and Paul himself referred to the third heaven (2 Cor. 12:2).

Fill all things. Some hold that the apostle is here speaking of the omnipresence of Christ; that as a man, Christ had accepted the limitations of humanity, but now He is in a position to bestow His gifts and pour out His grace in unlimited power and glory; that He is the Light of the world, the Sun of Righteousness, shedding His life-giving rays into every darkened corner. Others hold that the apostle is here speaking of Christ filling all things in the sense that He is the head of the body, “the fulness of him that filleth all in all” (Eph. 1:23). Every blessing known to man springs from Him.