Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
if, that is, you have heard of the work which God has graciously entrusted to me for your benefit,
New American Standard Bible
if indeed you have heard of the
King James Version
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
Holman Bible
you have heard, haven’t you, about the administration of God’s grace that He gave to me for you?
International Standard Version
Surely you have heard about the responsibility of administering God's grace that was given to me on your behalf,
A Conservative Version
since indeed ye heard of the administration of the grace of God, which was given to me for you,
American Standard Version
if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;
Amplified
assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was entrusted to me [to share with you] for your benefit;
An Understandable Version
[Note: Paul here digresses from his prayer, begun in 1:15-16, to explain the circumstances of his being a prisoner on behalf of these Gentiles]. [I assume] you have heard about my commission [to minister] to you, which was given to me by God's unearned favor.
Anderson New Testament
if, indeed, you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God, which was given to me for your benefit,
Bible in Basic English
If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,
Common New Testament
assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,
Daniel Mace New Testament
if so be you have heard of the charge, which God has graciously dispens'd to me for you Gentiles;
Darby Translation
(if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,
John Wesley New Testament
given me to you ward, That by revelation he made known to me the mystery:
Julia Smith Translation
If ye have heard of the distribution of the grace of God given to me for you:
King James 2000
If you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me toward you:
Lexham Expanded Bible
--if indeed you have heard [about] the stewardship of God's grace given to me for you.
Modern King James verseion
if you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given to me toward you,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If ye have heard of the ministration of the grace of God which is given me to you ward -
NET Bible
if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,
New Heart English Bible
if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;
Noyes New Testament
if, indeed, ye heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given me toward you,
Sawyer New Testament
if indeed you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God given to me for you,
The Emphasized Bible
If at least ye have heard of the administration of the favour of God which hath been given unto me for you,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
if so be, that ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you:
Twentieth Century New Testament
For you have heard, I suppose, of the responsible charge with which God entrusted me for your benefit,
Webster
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me on your account.
Williams New Testament
that is, if you have heard how God's favor has been entrusted to me for you,
World English Bible
if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;
Worrell New Testament
if, at least, ye heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you,
Worsley New Testament
as ye have heard the dispensation of the grace of God, which was given me to preach unto you:
Youngs Literal Translation
if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,
Themes
Disciples/apostles » What the disciples know
Gentiles/heathen » The apostle of the gentiles/heathen
Gospel » Called » The dispensation of the grace of God
The gospel » Is called the » Dispensation of the grace of God
Holy spirit » The holy spirit witnessing
Knowledge » What the disciples know
Partaking » Who partakes with the lord
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 33 Translations in Ephesians 3:2
Prayers for Ephesians 3:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Mystery Of Christ Revealed
1 For this reason I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles-- 2 if, that is, you have heard of the work which God has graciously entrusted to me for your benefit, 3 and that by a revelation the truth hitherto kept secret was made known to me as I have already briefly explained it to you.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
2 Timothy 1:11
of which I have been appointed a preacher, Apostle and teacher, to the Gentiles.
Romans 1:5
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,
Ephesians 1:10
for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it--the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him.
Ephesians 4:7
Yet to each of us individually grace was given, measured out with the munificence of Christ.
Acts 9:15
"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.
Acts 13:2
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."
Acts 13:46
Then, throwing off all reserve, Paul and Barnabas said, "We were bound to proclaim God's Message to you first. But since you spurn it and judge yourselves to be unworthy of the Life of the Ages--well, we turn to the Gentiles.
Acts 22:21
"'Go,' He replied; 'I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'"
Acts 26:17-18
I will save you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you to open their eyes,
Romans 11:13
But to you Gentiles I say that, since I am an Apostle specially sent to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry,
Romans 12:3
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.
Romans 15:15-16
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,
1 Corinthians 4:1
As for us Apostles, let any one take this view of us--we are Christ's officers, and stewards of God's secret truths.
1 Corinthians 9:17-22
And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me.
Galatians 1:13
For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously persecuted the Church of God, and made havoc of it;
Galatians 1:15-16
But when He who set me apart even from my birth, and called me by His grace,
Galatians 2:8-9
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--
Ephesians 3:8
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,
Ephesians 4:21
if at least you have heard His voice and in Him have been taught--and this is true Christian teaching--
Colossians 1:4
because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you cherish towards all God's people,
Colossians 1:6
For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,
Colossians 1:25-27
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--
1 Timothy 1:4
and the attention they bestow on mere fables and endless pedigrees, such as lead to controversy rather than to a true stewardship for God, which only exists where there is faith. And I make the same request now.
1 Timothy 1:11
and is not in accordance with the Good News of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.
1 Timothy 2:7
and of which I have been appointed a herald and an Apostle (I am speaking the truth: it is not a fiction)