Ephesians 3:1-3

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Paul’s Work in Telling the Good News

3 ·So [For this reason] I, Paul, a prisoner [^CPaul is probably writing from house arrest in Rome, about ad 60; see Acts 28:30–31] of Christ Jesus ·for [for the sake of] you Gentiles—[^CPaul is about to pray for the Ephesians, but instead digresses into a description of his ministry until v. 14]. ² Surely you have heard that God gave me this ·work [task; stewardship; commission] ·to tell you about his grace [^Lof God’s grace for you]. ³ He let me know his ·secret [mystery; 1:9] by ·showing it to me [revelation]. I have already written ·a little [briefly] about this [^Ceither earlier in this letter or previously].