Ephesians 3:2 “Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was gi…”

Ephesians 3:2

Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

If ye haue heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which is giuen me to you warde,

Darby Translation

(if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,

Young's Literal Translation

if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“ye”

2 Timothy 1:11 Galatians 1:13 Ephesians 4:21 Colossians 1:4 Colossians 1:6

2 Timothy 1:11 · BSB

to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

Galatians 1:13 · BSB

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

Ephesians 4:21 · BSB

Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—

Colossians 1:4 · BSB

because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—

Colossians 1:6 · BSB

that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

“the dispensation”

1 Timothy 1:11 Colossians 1:25–27 Romans 1:5 Ephesians 4:7 1 Corinthians 4:1 1 Corinthians 9:17–22

1 Timothy 1:11 · BSB

that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

Colossians 1:25–27 · BSB

I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,

Romans 1:5 · BSB

Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

Ephesians 4:7 · BSB

Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

1 Corinthians 4:1 · BSB

So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

1 Corinthians 9:17–22 · BSB

If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.

Also

Ephesians 1:10 1 Timothy 1:4

Ephesians 1:10 · BSB

as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

1 Timothy 1:4 · BSB

or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...

3that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.

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