“Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.”
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace given me through the work of his mighty power — Paul's servanthood (diakonos, 'servant') of the gospel flows from divine charis ('grace') and energeia ('mighty power,' the active force of God), not human qualification.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 3:7
“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.” He had said, “I am a prisoner;” but now again he says, that all is of God, as he says, “according to the gift of His grace;” for according to the power of the gift is the dignity of this privilege. But the gift would not have been enough, had it not also implanted in him power. Moral. For a work indeed it was of power, of mighty power, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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