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Ephesians 3:2

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I’m sure you’ve heard how God gave me a special work to do

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that agrees with the good news about the glory of the blessed God. He trusted me with that good news.

I was appointed to be a messenger, an apostle, and a teacher of the good news.

Through him we received grace to become apostles to the Gentiles and through that grace to bring them to obedience to God by trusting in Jesus. We do this to bring glory to him.

But each one of us has received the grace that Christ has chosen to give us.

So here’s how you should think of us. We’re servants of Christ who’ve been trusted with the mysteries God has shown us.

It will all happen when the time has fully come, when God brings everything in heaven and on earth together under Christ.

You’ve heard how I lived earlier as a follower of Judaism. I attacked the church of God mercilessly, and I tried to destroy it.

“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go, I’m sending you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”

Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly. “We had to speak God’s word to you first,” they said. “But you haven’t accepted it, as if you think you don’t deserve eternal life. So we’re going to talk to the Gentiles from now on.

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “I’ve appointed Barnabas and Saul for a special task. Set them apart for me.”

But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! I’ve chosen this man to do a special work for me. He will announce my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.

I was appointed to be a messenger and an apostle to preach the good news. (I’m telling the truth; I’m not lying.) God appointed me to be a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.

and endless ancestry lists. These things only lead to fights about ideas. They don’t help God’s work move forward. Instead, that happens by faith.

that has come to you. In the same way, the good news is bearing fruit and growing all over the world, as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.

because we’ve heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people.

when you heard about Christ and were taught about him, according to the truth that is in Jesus.

I’m less than the least of all the Lord’s people. But he gave me the grace to preach to the Gentiles about the unlimited riches that Christ gives.

By the grace that has been given to me, I say to every one of you, don’t think of yourself more highly than you should. Have a reasonable view of yourself, based on the faith God has given to each of you.

Let me talk now to you who are Gentiles. As the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in the work I do.

I became a servant of this good news through the gift of God’s grace. It came through his power, which was at work in me.

God has enabled me to explain to everyone how this mystery has become a reality. In times past it was kept hidden in the mind of God, who created all things.




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