Ephesians 3:2

and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.

For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,

For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.

of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and God’s Kingdom is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn away to fables.

but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

The word of God increased and the number of the disciples greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.

I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”

But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.

Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”

delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit

Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us: if prophecy, let’s prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

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According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

But the one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace

but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcised, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcised—

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

For this I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

hearing of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints,

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake;

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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.

But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”

For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God and ravaged it.

to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him.

according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,

which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith—

to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.