Ephesians 3:3

3:3 that ¹  by revelation the divine secret ²  was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. ³ 

Ephesians 3:2

3:2 if indeed ⁴  you have heard of the stewardship ⁵  of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

Ephesians 3:7

3:7 I became a servant of this gospel ⁶  according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by ⁷  the exercise of his power. ⁸ 

Ephesians 6:19

6:19 Pray ⁹  for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak ¹⁰  – that I may confidently make known ¹¹  the mystery of the gospel,

[3:3]  ¹ tn Or “namely, that is.”

[3:3]  ² tn Or “mystery.”

[3:3]  ³ tn Or “as I wrote above briefly.”

[3:2]  ⁴ sn If indeed. The author is not doubting whether his audience has heard, but is rather using provocative language (if indeed) to engage his audience in thinking about the magnificence of God’s grace. However, in English translation, the apodosis (“then”-clause) does not come until v. 13, leaving the protasis (“if”-clause) dangling. Eph 3:2-7 constitute one sentence in Greek.

[3:2]  ⁵ tn Or “administration,” “dispensation,” “commission.”

[3:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “of which I was made a minister,” “of which I became a servant.”

[3:7]  ⁸ tn Grk “according to.”

[3:7]  ⁹ sn On the exercise of his power see 1:19-20.

[6:19]  ¹⁰ tn To avoid a lengthy, convoluted sentence in English, the Greek sentence was broken up at this point and the verb “pray” was inserted in the English translation to pick up the participle προσευχόμενοι (proseuxomenoi, “praying”) in v. 18.

[6:19]  ¹¹ tn Grk “that a word may be given to me in the opening of my mouth.” Here “word” (λόγος, logo") is used in the sense of “message.”

[6:19]  ¹² tn The infinitive γνωρίσαι (gnwrisai, “to make known”) is functioning epexegetically to further explain what the author means by the preceding phrase “that I may be given the message when I begin to speak.”