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

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if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it.

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have toward all the saints,

For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

The dispensation

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

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

But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."

"He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.'"

delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

through whom we received grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;

For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries.

For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,

(for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);

of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,

according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.