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Ephesians 3:2

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Surely you know that God gave me this work through his grace to help you.

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That teaching is part of the Good News that our blessed God gave me to tell. In it we see his glory.

I was chosen to tell people that message as an apostle and teacher.

Through Christ, God gave me the special work of an apostle—to lead people of all nations to believe and obey him. I do all this to honor Christ.

Christ gave each one of us a special gift. Everyone received what he wanted to give them.

You should think of us as servants of Christ, the ones God has trusted to do the work of making known his secret truths.

God’s goal was to finish his plan when the right time came. He planned that all things in heaven and on earth be joined together with Christ as the head.

You have heard about my past life in the Jewish religion. I persecuted the church of God very much. I tried to destroy his people.

“But Jesus said to me, ‘Leave now. I will send you far away to the non-Jewish people.’”

But Paul and Barnabas spoke very boldly. They said, “We had to tell God’s message to you Jews first, but you refuse to listen. You have made it clear that you are not worthy of having eternal life. So we will now go to those who are not Jews.

These men were all serving the Lord and fasting when the Holy Spirit said to them, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul to do a special work for me. They are the ones I have chosen to do it.”

But the Lord Jesus said to Ananias, “Go! I have chosen Saul for an important work. I want him to tell other nations, their rulers, and the people of Israel about me.

And I was chosen as an apostle to tell people that message. (I am telling the truth. I am not lying.) I was chosen to teach those who are not Jews to believe and understand the truth.

Tell them not to give their time to meaningless stories and to long lists of names to prove their family histories. Such things only cause arguments. They don’t help God’s work, which is done only by faith.

that was told to you. Throughout the world, this Good News is bringing blessings and is spreading. And that’s what has been happening among you since the first time you heard it and understood the truth about God’s grace.

We thank him because we have heard about the faith you have in Christ Jesus and the love you have for all of God’s people.

I know that you heard about him, and in him you were taught the truth. Yes, the truth is in Jesus.

I am the least important of all God’s people. But he gave me this gift—to tell the non-Jewish people the Good News about the riches Christ has. These riches are too great to understand fully.

God has given me a special gift, and that is why I have something to say to each one of you. Don’t think that you are better than you really are. You must see yourself just as you are. Decide what you are by the faith God has given each of us.

Now I am speaking to you people who are not Jews. I am an apostle to the non-Jewish people. So while I have that work, I will do the best I can.

By God’s special gift of grace, I became a servant to tell that Good News. He gave me that grace by using his power.

And God gave me the work of telling all people about the plan for his secret truth. That secret truth has been hidden in him since the beginning of time. He is the one who created everything.




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