Parallel Verses
Daniel Mace New Testament
if so be you have heard of the charge, which God has graciously dispens'd to me for you Gentiles;
New American Standard Bible
if indeed you have heard of the
King James Version
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
Holman Bible
you have heard, haven’t you, about the administration of God’s grace that He gave to me for you?
International Standard Version
Surely you have heard about the responsibility of administering God's grace that was given to me on your behalf,
A Conservative Version
since indeed ye heard of the administration of the grace of God, which was given to me for 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;
Amplified
assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was entrusted to me [to share with you] for your benefit;
An Understandable Version
[Note: Paul here digresses from his prayer, begun in 1:15-16, to explain the circumstances of his being a prisoner on behalf of these Gentiles]. [I assume] you have heard about my commission [to minister] to you, which was given to me by God's unearned favor.
Anderson New Testament
if, indeed, you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God, which was given to me for your benefit,
Bible in Basic English
If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,
Common New Testament
assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,
Darby Translation
(if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,
John Wesley New Testament
given me to you ward, That by revelation he made known to me the mystery:
Julia Smith Translation
If ye have heard of the distribution of the grace of God given to me for you:
King James 2000
If you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me toward you:
Lexham Expanded Bible
--if indeed you have heard [about] the stewardship of God's grace given to me for you.
Modern King James verseion
if you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given to me toward you,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If ye have heard of the ministration of the grace of God which is given me to you ward -
NET Bible
if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,
New Heart English Bible
if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;
Noyes New Testament
if, indeed, ye heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given me toward you,
Sawyer New Testament
if indeed you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God given to me for you,
The Emphasized Bible
If at least ye have heard of the administration of the favour of God which hath been given unto me for you,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
if so be, that ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you:
Twentieth Century New Testament
For you have heard, I suppose, of the responsible charge with which God entrusted me for your benefit,
Webster
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me on your account.
Weymouth New Testament
if, that is, you have heard of the work which God has graciously entrusted to me for your benefit,
Williams New Testament
that is, if you have heard how God's favor has been entrusted to me for you,
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;
Worrell New Testament
if, at least, ye heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you,
Worsley New Testament
as ye have heard the dispensation of the grace of God, which was given me to preach unto you:
Youngs Literal Translation
if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,
Themes
Disciples/apostles » What the disciples know
Gentiles/heathen » The apostle of the gentiles/heathen
Gospel » Called » The dispensation of the grace of God
The gospel » Is called the » Dispensation of the grace of God
Holy spirit » The holy spirit witnessing
Knowledge » What the disciples know
Partaking » Who partakes with the lord
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 33 Translations in Ephesians 3:2
Prayers for Ephesians 3:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Mystery Of Christ Revealed
1 This it is that makes me Paul a prisoner for Jesus Christ upon your account, O Gentiles; 2 if so be you have heard of the charge, which God has graciously dispens'd to me for you Gentiles; 3 having revealed to me the secret, I now mention'd in short,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
2 Timothy 1:11
For this I was establish'd the herald, the apostle, and doctor of the Gentiles. this has drawn upon me the evils I suffer.
Romans 1:5
by whose favour I have received the office of an apostle to bring the Gentiles every where to the obedience of faith preached in his name:
Ephesians 1:10
when the full time of the dispensation was come, to reduce all things both in heaven and on earth, under one head in Christ.
Ephesians 4:7
but to every one of us a different charge is given, according to the distribution which Christ has made;
Acts 9:15
go, said the Lord to him: for he is the instrument I have chosen, to bear my name to the Gentiles, to kings, and to the children of Israel.
Acts 13:2
as they were ministring to the Lord, and fasting, the holy spirit said to them, separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have destin'd them.
Acts 13:46
but Paul and Barnabas told them boldly, you indeed were the first, to whom the word of God was to be preach'd: but since you reject it, and judge your own selves unworthy of eternal life, be assur'd, we shall make the same offer to the Gentiles:
Acts 22:21
but the Lord said to me, "be gone, for I will send you far hence, even to the Gentiles."
Acts 26:17-18
by delivering you from this people, and from the Gentiles to whom I now send thee, to open their eyes,
Romans 11:13
this concerns you Gentiles. for as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I should do honour to my character,
Romans 12:3
Now it is by virtue of my apostolical commission, that I charge every man among you, not to entertain too high an opinion of himself; but modestly consider, that 'tis God who has dealt to every man his proportion of spiritual gifts.
Romans 15:15-16
nevertheless, brethren, I have writ to the Gentile part of you, and admonish'd you with the greater freedom by virtue of the commission that God has given me,
1 Corinthians 4:1
Let men consider us, as the ministers of Christ, who dispense the divine mysteries.
1 Corinthians 9:17-22
now if I do this willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, it is a dispensation of trust which must be discharged.
Galatians 1:13
you have heard of my former behaviour, whilst I was of the Jewish religion, with what excessive violence I persecuted the church of God, and laid it waste:
Galatians 1:15-16
but when it pleased God, who ordained me from my birth, and called me by his especial favour, to reveal his son to me,
Galatians 2:8-9
(for he that had wrought powerfully in Peter with respect to his apostleship among the Jews, had also wrought powerfully in me upon account of the Gentiles:) and when James,
Ephesians 3:8
upon me, who am the meanest of all christians, is this favour bestowed, that I should proclaim to the Gentiles the undiscoverable advantages by Christ;
Ephesians 4:21
if you have heard of him, and have been taught the truth as he preach'd it:
Colossians 1:4
having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the affection you have to all christians;
Colossians 1:6
which is not only come to you, but to all the world; where it produces its effects, and increases, as it does also among you, ever since you sincerely embrac'd the divine favour,
Colossians 1:25-27
of which I have been established a minister, according to the charge which God has given me to preach his gospel faithfully among you. ---
1 Timothy 1:4
or trouble their heads with fables and endless genealogies, which rather promote disputes than the gospel-dispensation:
1 Timothy 1:11
with the salutary doctrine of the gospel of immortality, which the blessed God committed to my trust.
1 Timothy 2:7
for this I was establish'd a herald and an apostle, I speak the truth without disguise, a doctor to instruct the Gentiles in the true faith.