if indeed you have heard of the [a]dispensation of the grace of God (A)which was given to me for you,

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  1. Ephesians 3:2 stewardship

25 of which I became a minister according to (A)the [a]stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, 26 (B)the [b]mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, (C)but now has been revealed to His saints. 27 (D)To them God willed to make known what are (E)the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: [c]which is (F)Christ in you, (G)the hope of glory.

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  1. Colossians 1:25 dispensation or administration
  2. Colossians 1:26 secret or hidden truth
  3. Colossians 1:27 M who

11 according to the glorious gospel of the (A)blessed God which was (B)committed to my trust.

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11 (A)to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher [a]of the Gentiles.

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  1. 2 Timothy 1:11 NU omits of the Gentiles

15 But when it pleased God, (A)who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, 16 (B)to reveal His Son in me, that (C)I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with (D)flesh and blood,

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Through Him (A)we have received grace and apostleship for (B)obedience to the faith among all nations (C)for His name,

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Spiritual Gifts

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

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Stewards of the Mysteries of God

Let a man so consider us, as (A)servants of Christ (B)and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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10 that in the dispensation of (A)the fullness of the times (B)He might gather together in one (C)all things in Christ, [a]both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.

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  1. Ephesians 1:10 NU, M omit both

13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how (A)I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and (B)tried to destroy it.

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17 For if I do this willingly, (A)I have a reward; but if against my will, (B)I have been entrusted with a stewardship. 18 What is my reward then? That (C)when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel [a]of Christ without charge, that I (D)may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

Serving All Men

19 For though I am (E)free from all men, (F)I have made myself a servant to all, (G)that I might win the more; 20 and (H)to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the [b]law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 (I)to (J)those who are without law, as without law (K)(not being without [c]law toward God, but under [d]law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 (L)to the weak I became [e]as weak, that I might win the weak. (M)I have become all things to all men, (N)that I might by all means save some.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:18 NU omits of Christ
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:20 NU adds though not being myself under the law
  3. 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU God’s law
  4. 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU Christ’s law
  5. 1 Corinthians 9:22 NU omits as

17 I will [a]deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, (A)to whom I [b]now send you, 18 (B)to open their eyes, in order (C)to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, (D)that they may receive forgiveness of sins and (E)an inheritance among those who are (F)sanctified[c] by faith in Me.’

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  1. Acts 26:17 rescue
  2. Acts 26:17 NU, M omit now
  3. Acts 26:18 set apart

21 Then He said to me, ‘Depart, (A)for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.’

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