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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at least if you have really become acquainted with him and been instructed in him, and in union with him have been taught the truth as it is found in Jesus.

You have heard of my former conduct when I was attached to the Jewish religion??ow furiously I used to persecute the church of God and ravage it,

for what we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you have for all God's people,

of which I have been appointed a herald, apostle and teacher.

The dispensation

To me, the very least of all his people, this favor has been given, of preaching to the heathen the inexhaustible wealth of the Christ,

But each one of us has been given mercy in Christ's generous measure.

The Lord said to him, "Go! This man is the means I have chosen for carrying my name among the heathen and their kings, and among the descendants of Israel.

As they were engaged in worshiping the Lord and in fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me, for the work to which I have called them."

But he said to me, 'Go! I will send you far away to the heathen.' "

I will save you from your people and from the heathen, to whom I will send you

through whom we have received God's favor and been commissioned in his name to urge obedience and faith upon all the heathen,

But it is to you who are of the heathen that I am speaking. So far then as I am an apostle to the heathen, I make the most of my ministry,

By the favor that God has shown me, I would tell every one of you not to think too highly of himself, but to think reasonably, judging himself by the degree of faith God has allowed him.

But, just to refresh your memories, I have written you pretty boldly on some points, because of the favor God has shown me

The right way for a man to think of us is as Christ's servants, and managers authorized to distribute the secret truths of God.

For if I do it of my own accord, I have my pay, but if I do it because I must, it is still a responsibility that I am charged with.

And when God, who had set me apart from my birth and had called me in his mercy, saw fit

In it, by divine appointment, I became a worker, that I might preach among you the message of God in its fulness??26 that secret, hidden from the ages and generations, but now disclosed to those who are consecrated to him,

as set forth in the glorious good news of the blessed God with which I have been intrusted.

and I was appointed a herald and apostle of it?? am telling the truth, I am not lying??o teach the heathen faith and truth.

of which I have been appointed a herald, apostle and teacher.