Ephesians 3:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

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General references

Luke 13:29

John 17:18

2 Timothy 1:11

Bible References

I

I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

It is he who has also made me sufficient as a minister of a new covenant; not of a letter but of a spirit; for the letter kills, but the spirit makes alive.

So then, as I have this ministry because of God's mercy to me, I do not lose heart.

And this he will do if, indeed, you continue in the faith, firmly founded and stedfast, and never moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, and which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, that gospel of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

General references

"And people shall come from the Orient and from the Occident, from the north and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.

As thou hast sent me into the world, even so I also have sent them into the world.

Of the gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher; and that is the reason I am now undergoing these sufferings.