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Ephesians 3:2 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 3 · verse 2
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:Ephesians 3:2 · King James Version
Ephesians 3:2 in context
1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
2If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
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Key words (Strong's)
- dispensationoikonomiathe management of a household or of household affairs, specifically, the management…G3622 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- gracecharisgrace, that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness grace of…G5485 →
- givendidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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Here we have the account which Paul gives the Ephesians concerning himself, as he was appointed by God the apostle of the Gentiles. I. We may observe that he acquaints them with the tribulations and sufferings which he endured in the discharge of that office, Eph 3:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13