if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,

that by revelation the divine secret was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly.

Now this secret was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.

To me -- less than the least of all the saints -- this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ

This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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

It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,