Galatians 2:9
9and when James and Cephas and John, awho seemed to be bpillars, perceived the cgrace that was given to me, they dgave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.Ephesians 3:1-12
The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed
1For this reason I, Paul, ea prisoner of Christ Jesus fon behalf of you Gentiles— 2assuming that you have heard of gthe stewardship of hGod’s grace that was given to me for you, 3 ihow the mystery was made known to me jby revelation, kas I have written briefly. 4 lWhen you read this, you can perceive my insight into mthe mystery of Christ, 5which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. 6This mystery is ▼▼The words This mystery is are inferred from verse 4
that the Gentiles are ofellow heirs, pmembers of the same body, and qpartakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 7 rOf this gospel I was made sa minister according to the gift of tGod’s grace, which was given me uby the working of his power. 8To me, vthough I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, wto preach to the Gentiles the xunsearchable yriches of Christ, 9and zto bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery aahidden for ages in ▼
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God, acwho created all things, 10so that through the church the manifold adwisdom of God aemight now be made known to afthe rulers and authorities agin the heavenly places. 11This was ahaccording to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12in whom we have aiboldness and ajaccess with akconfidence through our alfaith in him. Colossians 1:23
23 amif indeed you continue in the faith, anstable and steadfast, not shifting from aothe hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed apin all creation ▼▼Or to every creature
under heaven, arand of which I, Paul, became a minister.
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