Ephesians Chapter 3 verse 7 Holy Bible
whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
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Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.
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of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.
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Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
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of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
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of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;
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Ephesians 3 : 7 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - Of which I became a minister; did not gradually grow up to the office, but became, at a given time and place, a minister, a διάκονος, a servant. According to the gift of the grace of God. The office of serving Christ was a gift, most undeserved on Paul's part, who had been a persecutor and injurious, but flowing from the free grace of God, his sovereign, unmerited mercy. Which was given me according to the working of his power. This denotes the manner of the gift; the gift itself, apostleship to the Gentiles, would have been little had it not been accompanied with Divine power. Spiritual office without spiritual power is miserable; but in Paul's case there was the power as well as the office; not merely the power of working miracles, as some have held, but besides this, the power of spiritual insight into the meaning of Scripture - power of exposition, power of demonstration, power of persuasion (comp. 1 Thessalonians 1:5; Acts 14:1; 1 Corinthians 4:7, etc.). Paul gratefully acknowledged that all the power of his ministry was God's, not his own (1 Corinthians 3:6, 7).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) According to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.--The words "given by" should be rendered given according to. The working of God's power is described, not as the means, but as the measure of the gift of His grace. In fact, what is a "gift" in its source, is "effectual working" in its actual nature. On the phrase "effectual working of power"--a divine force in the soul, not latent but energetic--see Ephesians 1:19. In the whole of this passage, however, the chief emphasis is laid, not on the spiritual power, but on the freedom of God's gift to the Apostle of this high privilege of preaching the mystery of the gospel.