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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And through union with him were taught the Truth, as it is to be found in Jesus.

You heard, no doubt, of my conduct when I was devoted to Judaism--how I persecuted the Church of God to an extent beyond belief, and made havoc of it,

Now that we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all his People,

of which I was myself appointed a Herald and Apostle, and Teacher.

The dispensation

Yes, to me, who am less than the least of all Christ's People, was this charge entrusted!--to tell the Gentiles the Good News of the boundless wealth to be found in the Christ,

Every one of us, however, has been entrusted with some charge, each in accordance with the extent of the gift of the Christ.

But the Lord said to him: "Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to uphold my Name before the Gentiles and their kings, and the people of Israel.

While they were engaged in the worship of the Lord and were fasting, the Holy Spirit said: "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them."

But Jesus said to me 'Go; for I will send you to the Gentiles far away'."

Since I am choosing you out from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

Through him we received the gift of the Apostolic office, to win submission to the Faith among all nations for the glory of his Name.

But I am speaking to you who were Gentiles.

In fulfillment of the charge with which I have been entrusted, I bid every one of you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think till he learns to think soberly--in accordance with the measure of faith that God has allotted to each.

But in parts of this letter I have expressed myself somewhat boldly--by way of refreshing your memories--

Let men look upon us as Christ's servants, and as stewards of the hidden truths of God.

If I do this work willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been charged to perform a duty.

But when God, who had set me apart even before my birth, and who called me by his love,

For he who gave Peter power for his mission to the Jews gave me, also, power to go to the Gentiles.

Of which I myself became a minister in virtue of the office with which God entrusted me for your benefit, to declare the Message of God in all its fulness--

as is taught in the glorious Good News of the ever-blessed God, with which I was entrusted.

and it was for this that I was myself appointed a Herald and an Apostle (I am telling the simple truth and no lie)--a Teacher of the Gentiles in the Faith and Truth.

of which I was myself appointed a Herald and Apostle, and Teacher.