his readers is made quite clear in v. 2 (see also 1:15). The author finds it necessary to remind the readers of what he assumes they have heard, namely, the center of the gospel and Paul’s place in its spread. The word stewardship in v. 2 translates the Greek word oikonomia, which was used in 1:10 with reference to Christ; it there carried more the sense of “plan,” as it also does in 3:9. Paul is thus a steward who is part of God’s plan of salvation, since to him God’s grace was given for you, that