Ephesians 3:2–3
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3:2if indeed2 you have heard of the stewardship3 of God’s grace that was given to me for you, 3:3that4 by revelation the divine secret5 was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly.6
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- 2 If indeed. The author is not doubting whether his audience has heard, but is rather using provocative language (if indeed) to engage his audience in thinking about the magnificence of God’s grace. However, in English translation, the apodosis (“then“-clause) does not come until v. 13, leaving the protasis (“if“-clause) dangling. Eph 3:2–7 constitute one sentence in Greek.
- 3 Or “administration,” “dispensation,” “commission.”
- 4 Or “namely, that is.”
- 5 Or “mystery.”
- 6 Or “as I wrote above briefly.” As I wrote briefly may refer to the author’s brief discussion of the divine secret in .
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you, that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
assuming you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that he gave me for you. The mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have briefly written above.
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NLTNew Living Translation
assuming, by the way, that you know God gave me the special responsibility of extending his grace to you Gentiles. As I briefly wrote earlier, God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
—if indeed you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace given to me for you. According to revelation the mystery was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief,
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KJV 1900King James Version
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
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