Ephesians 3:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὗ ἐγενόμην διάκονος, κατὰ τὴν δωρεὰν τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσαν μοι κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

Of which I egenomēn diakonos, kata the dōrean of the charitos of the Theou the dotheisan to me kata the energeian of the dynameōs of him.

Grammar Details

• *Hou*: genitive, neuter, singular - of which
• *egenomēn*: aorist, middle, indicative, 1st person, singular - I became
• *diakonos*: nominative, masculine, singular - servant/minister
• *kata*: preposition with accusative - according to
• *dōrean*: accusative, feminine, singular - gift
• *charitos*: genitive, feminine, singular - of grace/favor
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *dotheisan*: aorist, passive, participle, accusative, feminine, singular - having been given
• *moi*: dative, 1st person, singular - to me
• *energeian*: accusative, feminine, singular - working/operation/activity
• *dynameōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of power/might
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of him/his

Word Meanings

• *egenomēn*: I became/I was made/I was appointed
• *diakonos*: servant/minister/deacon
• *dōrean*: gift/free gift/bounty
• *charitos*: grace/favor/kindness
• *dotheisan*: given/granted/bestowed
• *energeian*: working/operation/effective power/activity
• *dynameōs*: power/might/strength

Referenced Verses

• Eph 1:19 : 19 and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
• Eph 3:20 : 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
• Eph 3:2 : 2 if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;
• 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? {G235} {G2228} Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.
• Col 1:23-25 : 23 if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister. 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church; 25 whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,
• Col 1:29 : 29 whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
• Isa 43:13 : 13 Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
• Rom 1:5 : 5 through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;
• 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
• 1 Tim 1:14-15 : 14 and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:
• Heb 13:21 : 21 make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:
• 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
• Gal 2:8 : 8 (for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles);
• Rom 15:16 : 16 that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
• Rom 15:18-19 : 18 For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;
• 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
• Eph 4:16 : 16 from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in [due] measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.
• 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;