Ephesians 3:2

Paul refers to the stewardship of God's grace given to him for the Gentiles. It points to his divinely entrusted apostolic mission.

Cross-references · 25

• 1 Tim 1:11that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
• Col 1:25–27I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
• Rom 1:5Through 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.
• 2 Tim 1:11to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
• Gal 1:15–16But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
• Eph 4:7Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
• 1 Cor 4:1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
• 1 Cor 9:17–22If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
• Gal 1:13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
• Eph 1:10as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
• Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
• Acts 26:17–18I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
• Rom 15:15–16However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me
• Acts 13:2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
• Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
• Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
• Gal 2:8–9For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
• Eph 4:21Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—
• Rom 11:13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
• Rom 12:3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
• Eph 3:8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
• 1 Tim 2:7For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
• Col 1:4because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—
• 1 Tim 1:4or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.
• Col 1:6that 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.

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