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, indeed, ye heard Him, and were taught in Him, as truth is in Jesus;

For ye heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism; that, beyond measure, I was persecuting the assembly of God, and laying it waste;

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

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

The dispensation

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to proclaim, to the gentiles, the glad tidings of 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; because this man is to Me a chosen vessel to bear My name before nations, and kings, and the sons of Israel;

And, while they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate now to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

And He said to me, 'Depart, because I will send you far hence to the gentiles.'

delivering you from the people and 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;

But I am speaking to you gentiles. Inasmuch, indeed, then, as I am an apostle of the gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one among you, not to think of himself more highly than he night to think, but so to think as to think soberly, according as God divided to each one a measure of faith.

But I wrote to you the more boldly in part, as reminding you again, because of the grace which was given to me from God,

Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

For, if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

But, when it pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb, and called me through His grace,

(for He Who wrought for Peter with regard to an apostleship of the circumcision, wrought for me also with regard to the gentiles).

of which I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

according to the Gospel of the glory of the Blessed God, with which I was entrusted.

whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak truth, I lie not), a teacher of gentiles in faith and truth.

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