² for surely^[a] you have already heard of the commission of God’s grace that was given me for you

²⁵ I became its minister according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,^{(A) 26} the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints.^{(B) 27} To them God chose to make known how great among the gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.^(C)

¹¹ that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.

¹¹ For this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher,^[a](A)

¹⁵ But when the one^[a] who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace was pleased^{(A) 16} to reveal his Son to me,^[b] so that I might proclaim him among the gentiles, I did not confer with any human,^(B)

⁵ through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the gentiles for the sake of his name,^(A)

⁷ But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift.^(A)

The Ministry of the Apostles

4 Think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries.^(A)

¹⁰ as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.^(A)

¹³ You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it.^(A)