Ephesians 3:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἴ γε ἠκούσατε τὴν οἰκονομίαν τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ τῆς δοθείσης μοι εἰς ὑμᾶς:

Transliteration

If indeed you ēkousate the oikonomian of the charitos of the Theou of the dotheisēs to me eis you:

Grammar Details

• *Ei ge*: conditional particle with emphatic particle - if indeed/since surely
• *ēkousate*: aorist, active, indicative, 2nd person, plural - you heard/have heard
• *oikonomian*: accusative, feminine, singular - stewardship/administration/dispensation
• *charitos*: genitive, feminine, singular - of grace/favor
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *dotheisēs*: aorist, passive, participle, genitive, feminine, singular - having been given
• *moi*: dative, 1st person, singular - to me
• *eis*: preposition with accusative - to/toward/for
• *hymas*: accusative, 2nd person, plural - you

Word Meanings

• *oikonomian*: stewardship/administration/dispensation/management
• *charitos*: grace/favor/kindness
• *dotheisēs*: given/granted/bestowed

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;
• Rom 1:5 : 5 Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:
• Eph 4:7 : 7 But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.
• Gal 1:13 : 13 For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:
• Gal 1:15-16 : 15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace, 16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,
• Eph 1:10 : 10 The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,
• Acts 13:2 : 2 And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.
• Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.
• Acts 22:21 : 21 And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.
• Col 1:25-27 : 25 Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God, 26 The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints, 27 To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
• 1 Tim 1:11 : 11 Which may be seen in the good news of the glory of the great God, which was given into my care.
• 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.
• 1 Tim 1:4 : 4 Or to give attention to stories and long lists of generations, from which come questionings and doubts, in place of God's ordered way of life which is in faith;
• Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:
• Acts 26:17-18 : 17 And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
• Rom 11:13 : 13 But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:
• Rom 12:3 : 3 But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith.
• Rom 15:15-16 : 15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God, 16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.
• 1 Cor 4:1 : 1 Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.
• 1 Cor 9:17-22 : 17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it. 18 What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news. 19 For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation. 20 And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law. 21 To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law. 22 To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
• Gal 2:8-9 : 8 (Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles); 9 When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;
• Eph 4:21 : 21 If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus:
• Col 1:4 : 4 After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,
• Col 1:6 : 6 Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;