Ephesians 3:2

if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;

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WEBBE

if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me towards you,

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 youward:

ASV

if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;

BBE

If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,

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εἴ ei If G1487 γε ge indeed G1065 ἠκούσατε ēkousate you have heard of G191 τὴν tēn the G3588 οἰκονομίαν oikonomian administration G3622 τῆς tēs of the G3588 χάριτος charitos grace G5485 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 θεοῦ theou of God G2316 τῆς tēs which G3588 δοθείσης dotheisēs having been given G1325 μοι moi to me G3165 εἰς eis toward G1519 ὑμᾶς humas you G4771

The early church

He alludes to the prediction addressed to Ananias concerning him at Damascus, when the Lord said, "Go thy way, for he is a chosen vessel unto Me, to bear My name before the Gentiles and Kings." By "dispensation of grace," he means the revelation made to him. As much as to say, "I learned it not from man." He vouchsafed to reveal it even to me, though but an individual for your sakes. For Himself said unto me, saith he, "Depart, for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles." "If so be that ye have heard" for a dispensation it was, a mighty one; to call one, uninfluenced from any other quarter, immediately from above, and to say, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?" and to strike him blind with that ineffable light!
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Ephesians

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

For having preached the doctrine of truth, the apostle was a prisoner, but a prisoner of Jesus Christ; the object of special protection and care, while thus suffering for him. All the gracious offers of the gospel, and the joyful tidings it contains, come from the rich grace of God; it is the great means by which the Spirit works grace in the souls of men. The mystery, is that secret, hidden purpose of salvation through Christ. This was not so fully and clearly shown in the ages before Christ, as unto the prophets of the New Testament. This was the great truth made known to the apostle, that God would call the Gentiles to salvation by faith in Christ. An effectual working of Divine power attends the gifts of Divine grace. As God appointed Paul to the office, so he qualified him for it.

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Ephesians 3:7Colossians 1:25

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