Ephesians 3:2

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Summary

Ephesians 3:2

If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

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The dispensation

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If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus:

For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,

Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;

The dispensation

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:

But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.

But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:

And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:

But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith.

But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,

(Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

Which may be seen in the good news of the glory of the great God, which was given into my care.

And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.

Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;