Ephesians 3:2
1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
- KJV
- If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
- WEB
- if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you,
- ASV
- if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;
- DARBY
- (if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,
- BLB
- If indeed you⁺ heard of the administration of the grace of God having been given to me for you⁺,
- ÅB
- om dere ellers har hørt om husholdningen med den Guds nåde som er meg gitt for dere,
- OTB
- Dere har sikkert hørt om forvaltningen av Guds nåde som ble gitt til meg for dere;
- B1930
- om I ellers har hørt om husholdningen med den Guds nåde som er mig gitt for eder,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 1:11
According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
Read in contextColossians 1:25–27
Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
Read in contextGalatians 1:15–16
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
Read in contextRomans 1:5
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Read in context2 Timothy 1:11
Where unto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
Read in contextEphesians 4:7
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:1
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Read in contextRomans 15:15–16
Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,
Read in context