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

Bible References

Ye

if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,

For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;

since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints;

for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.

The dispensation

To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,

But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

And He said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake,

But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me from God,

Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased

(for He who effectually worked for Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised effectually worked for me also to the Gentiles),

Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,

according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.