8Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
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For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle,(I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)Here we have the account which Paul gives the Ephesians concerning himself, as he was appointed by God the apostle of the Gentiles. I. We may observe that he acquaints them with the tribulations and sufferings which he endured in the discharge of that office, Eph. 3:1. The first clause refers to the preceding chapter, and may be understood either of these two ways:—1. “ For this cause ,—for having…
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