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:

Ye

The dispensation

Bible References

Ye

if at least you have heard His voice and in Him have been taught--and this is true Christian teaching--

For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously persecuted the Church of God, and made havoc of it;

because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you cherish towards all God's people,

of which I have been appointed a preacher, Apostle and teacher, to the Gentiles.

The dispensation

To me who am less than the least of all God's people has this work been graciously entrusted--to proclaim to the Gentiles the Good News of the exhaustless wealth of Christ,

Yet to each of us individually grace was given, measured out with the munificence of Christ.

"Go," replied the Lord; "he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of Israel.

While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me, now at once, Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them."

"'Go,' He replied; 'I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'"

I will save you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you to open their eyes,

through whom we have received grace and Apostleship in His service in order to win men to obedience to the faith, among all Gentile peoples,

But to you Gentiles I say that, since I am an Apostle specially sent to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry,

For through the authority graciously given to me I warn every individual among you not to value himself unduly, but to cultivate sobriety of judgement in accordance with the amount of faith which God has allotted to each one.

But I write to you the more boldly--partly as reminding you of what you already know--because of the authority graciously entrusted to me by God,

As for us Apostles, let any one take this view of us--we are Christ's officers, and stewards of God's secret truths.

And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me.

But when He who set me apart even from my birth, and called me by His grace,

for He who had been at work within Peter with a view to his Apostleship to the Jews had also been at work within me with a view to my Apostleship to the Gentiles--

I have been appointed to serve the Church in the position of responsibility entrusted to me by God for your benefit, so that I may fully deliver God's Message--

and is not in accordance with the Good News of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

and of which I have been appointed a herald and an Apostle (I am speaking the truth: it is not a fiction)

of which I have been appointed a preacher, Apostle and teacher, to the Gentiles.