“If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:”
Surely you have heard about the administration of God's grace that was given to me for you — Paul has received oikonomia ('stewardship,' household administration) of the grace of God, not personal possession but entrusted responsibility (dotheishan moi) for the Gentile mission.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 3:2
“If so be that you have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God, which was given me to you-ward.” He alludes to the prediction addressed to Ananias concerning him at Damascus, when the Lord said, “Go your way, for he is a chosen vessel unto Me, to bear My name before the Gentiles and Kings.” Acts 9:15 By “dispensation of grace,” he means the revelation made to him. As much as to say, I learned it not from man. Galatians 1:12 He vouchsafed to reveal it even to me,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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