Ephesians 3:1-7
1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles— 2 if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), 5 which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: 6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, 7 of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.
1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles— 2 if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), 5 which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: 6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, 7 of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.
Paul was given a stewardship of God’s grace to give to others. Though a prisoner, he was free in Christ and used that calling to labor in the good news with words of life by grace. He was shown deep things of God hidden in Christ and the scriptures in order to preach and teach, as well as to finish the scriptures through his hand. These hidden things about Christ and salvation by teachings of grace began in Genesis, but were hidden before Jesus revealed them and the Spirit of God began living in His people to give understanding through apostles like Paul, Peter, James, and the others. We are now all one chosen people in Christ, heirs of His promise through this gospel, and the effectually powerful working of His word in it to us. Thanks be to God for such an indescribable and wonderful gift of grace!
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